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.
Current economic trends from 21 to 31 December 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, registered unemployment, business tendency and other charts
The second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic strongly affected particularly service activities. Turnover in trade declined in October, and in November the decline continued according to preliminary data. As a result of containment measures, turnover in…
Current economic trends from 14 to 18 December 2020: electricity consumption, electricity consumption by consumption group, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, labour market and other charts
In the first half of December, the impact of the second wave of the epidemic and the reinstatement of containment measures on economic activity remained smaller than in the spring. The year-on-year declines in electricity consumption and freight…
Current economic trends from 7 to 11 December 2020: exports and imports of goods, production volume in manufacturing, electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and registered unemployment
In October the export-oriented part of the economy was not yet significantly affected by the renewed spread of the COVID-19 epidemic in Slovenia and its main trading partners. Both goods exports and manufacturing production increased further; the…
Current economic trends from 30 November to 4 December 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, registered unemployment and fiscal verification of invoices
The indicators of economic activity at the end of November and the beginning of December point to a smaller contraction of economic activity than during the first wave of the epidemic in the spring, when more severe containment measures were…
Current economic trends from 23 to 30 November 2020: gross domestic product, economic sentiment, electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and other charts
After a sharp decline in the second quarter, real GDP increased notably in the third (12.4%) with the relaxation of containment measures and its y-o-y decline was significantly smaller (–2.6%, compared with –13% in the second quarter). The increase…
Current economic trends from 16 to 20 November 2020: fiscal verification of invoices, electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, labour market, wages and slovenian industrial producer prices
According to November's data on fiscally verified invoices, the direct economic consequences of the renewed restrictions on business operations could be considerable but less intense than in the spring wave of the epidemic. This is also indicated by…
Current economic trends from 9 to 13 November 2020: registered unemployment, electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, exports and imports of goods and other charts
After a marked decline in September, the number of unemployed persons remained practically unchanged at the beginning of November, despite the restrictions on business operations imposed in mid-October due to the deteriorating epidemiological…
Current economic trends from 2 to 6 November 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and fiscal verification of invoices
Electricity consumption increased in the second half of October and slightly exceeded last year’s levels in the same period. We estimate that this time, unlike when the epidemic was declared in the spring, there were no major changes in industrial…
Current economic trends from 26 to 30 October 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, consumer prices and other charts
The available data for the second half of October indicate around 5% lower electricity consumption and freight traffic than in the same period of last year. The year-on-year fall in consumer prices decreased in October, the year-on-year lower prices…
Current economic trends from 19 to 23 October 2020: economic sentiment, electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, slovenian industrial producer prices and wages
Economic sentiment deteriorated in October under the impact of the renewed spread of the epidemic and the measures for its containment. Confidence fell especially among consumers and in sectors that are more closely linked to the adopted measures…