Charts of the Week
At least once a week, we present interesting and relevant data released by domestic institutions (Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Bank of Slovenia, etc.). On the basis of data by international institutions (for example, Eurostat, the European Central Bank and Euribor.org), we also prepare an overview of key macroeconomic indicators for the euro area.
Charts of the week from 3 to 7 July 2023: trade in goods, number of registered unemployed persons, natural gas consumption and other charts
Trade in goods continued to decline in May and remained lower year-on-year. Real imports of goods also continued to decline, with imports of intermediate goods and consumer goods in particular declining significantly in recent months. After several…
Charts of the week from 26 to 30 June 2023: consumer prices, value of fiscally verified invoices, turnover in trade and turnover in market services
Year-on-year growth in consumer prices slowed significantly in June, as expected, to 6.9%, the lowest level since April last year. The decline in inflation was mainly due to a much lower growth in the prices of housing, water, electricity, gas and…
Charts of the week from 19 to 23 June 2023: economic sentiment, slovenian industrial producer prices, average gross wage per employee and residential housing
The value of the economic sentiment indicator continued to decline in June. This reflects the negative contributions of confidence indicators in services and among consumers, and to some extent also in manufacturing and construction. Only in retail…
Charts of the week from 12 to 16 June 2023: current account of the balance of payments, activity in construction, number of persons in employment and other charts
The current account surplus continued to increase in April, mainly due to the trends in trade in goods. The year-on-year increase was mainly due to a higher surplus in trade in services. Despite a decline in April, the value of construction put in…
Charts of the week from 5 to 9 June 2023: number of registered unemployed, natural gas consumption, electricity consumption and manufacturing
The number of registered unemployed fell further in May, by 15.5% year-on-year. The number of long-term unemployed also declined, by slightly more than one-quarter. Similar to April, gas consumption in May was slightly above the comparable average…
Charts of the week from 29 May to 2 June 2023: consumer prices, value of fiscally verified invoices, trade in goods, turnover in trade and other charts
The year-on-year increase in consumer prices slowed further in May but was still high at 8.4%. Growth was mainly driven by service prices, while the growth of food prices slowed slightly. Year-on-year nominal growth in the value of fiscally verified…
Charts of the week from 22 to 26 May 2023: economic sentiment and average gross wage per employee
The value of the economic sentiment indicator continued to fall slightly in May. Confidence indicators in manufacturing, retail trade and construction had a negative impact. After two months of positive growth, the average gross wage was 1.2% lower…
Charts of the week from 15 to 19 May 2023: gross domestic product, activity in construction, current account of the balance of payments, value of fiscally verified invoices, electricity consumption and other charts
In the first quarter of this year, real gross domestic product increased by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter and by 0.7% year-on-year. Growth in economic activity was driven by household consumption, construction investment and growth in most services, where…
Charts of the week from 8 to 12 May 2023: manufacturing
Manufacturing output rose in the first quarter compared to the fourth quarter of last year, while it was slightly lower year-on-year. Output was higher in high-technology industries, which are less affected by the uncertain economic situation,…
Charts of the week from 26 April to 5 May 2023: consumer prices, number of registered unemployed, natural gas consumption, electricity consumption and other charts
Year-on-year consumer price inflation slowed slightly in April, although it was still high at 9.4%. As in previous months, the main contributors to growth were food and non-alcoholic beverage prices, which were 15.8% higher year-on-year in April.…