European Union Q1 2020 GDP contracts by 3.3% (QoQ) and contracts 2.6% (YoY); Euro Area or Eurozone Q1 2020 GDP contracts by 3.8% (QoQ) and contracts 3.2% (YoY); France, Spain and Italy see largest falls

GDP contracted for the European Union (EU27) by 3.3% in the first quarter (Q1) 2020 (compared to Q4 2019) and by 2.6% (compared to Q1 2019).

GDP contracted for the Euro Area or Eurozone (EA19) by 3.8% in the first quarter (Q1) 2020 (compared to Q4 2019) and by 3.2% (compared to Q1 2019).

Eurozone European Union EU Q1 2020 GDP growth
Source: Eurostat

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European Union (EU) Q4 2019 GDP growth at 0.2% (QoQ), 1.2% (YoY), 2019 growth at 1.5% (YoY); Euro area (Eurozone) Q4 2019 GDP growth at 0.1% (QoQ), 1% (YoY), 2019 growth at 1.2% (YoY)

Q4 2019 GDP growth

GDP growth for the European Union (EU27) was 0.2% in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2019 (compared to Q3 2019) and 1.2% (compared to Q4 2018).

GDP growth for the Euro Area or Eurozone (EA19) was 0.1% in the fourth quarter (Q4) 2019 (compared to Q3 2019) and 1% (compared to Q4 2018).

Eurozone European Union EU Q4 2019 GDP growth

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Eurozone and European Union Q3 2019 GDP grows by 0.3% (QoQ); Germany, Italy and Austria economic growth at just 0.1%

Q3 2019 GDP was up by 0.3 % in both the Eurozone (EA19) and in the European Union (EU28), compared to Q2 2019. In Q2 2019, GDP grew by 0.2 % in the Eurozone (EA19) and in the European Union (EU28). Compared with the Q3 2018 (same quarter of the previous year), seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.2 % in the Eurozone (EA19) and by 1.4 % in the European Union (EU28) in Q3 2019.

 

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Eurozone and European Union Q2 2019 growth slows to just to 0.2% (QoQ); Quarterly growth slowest in 5 years

Seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) rose by 0.2% in both the Eurozone (EA19) and the European Union (EU28) during Q2 2019, compared with Q1 2019, according to a preliminary estimate published by Eurostat. Quarterly growth is now slowest in 5 years.

Eurozone European Union GDP Growth until Q2 2019

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Eurozone government debt to GDP at 86% and European Union government debt to GDP at 81%; Government debt to GDP soars for Cyprus and Greece

Government debt to GDP for the Eurozone stood at 85.9% at the end of Q1 2019 (as against 87.1% at the end of Q1 2018). For the European Union, the number was 80.7% (as against 81.6% at the end of Q1 2018).

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The European Central Bank or ECB balance sheet is 4.7 trillion Euros or over 40% of Eurozone GDP (July 2019 edition)

Apparently, the European Central Bank (ECB) balance sheet was meant to shrink significantly in 2019. It has shrunk just 0.5% in 2019 until July 5th (as against 5% for the Federal Reserve in the same period).

At 4.67 trillion Euros (or around 41% of Euro area or Eurozone GDP), it doesn’t look like things are going to change quickly.

ECB Balance Sheet until July 2019

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Germany still accounts for most of the current account surplus of the European Union

The seasonally adjusted current account of the balance of payments for the European Union was a surplus of €40.5billion or 1% of GDP in the first quarter (Q1) of 2019, up from a surplus of €40.2billion or 1.0% of GDP in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2018 and down from a surplus of €58.3billion or 1.5% of GDP in the first quarter (Q1) of 2018, according to estimates released by Eurostat.

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Eurozone unemployment lowest since 2008 and European Union unemployment lowest since 2000

The Eurozone or Euro area (EA) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 7.7% in March 2019, down from 7.8% in February 2019 and from 8.5% in March 2018. This is the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since September 2008.

The European Union (EU) unemployment rate was 6.4% in March 2019, down from 6.5% in February 2019 and from 7.0% in March 2018. This is the lowest rate recorded in the European Union since January 2000.

EU unemployment rate upto March 2019

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Eurozone Q1 2019 GDP up by 0.4% and European Union Q1 2019 GDP up by 0.5%; Italy out of Recession

Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4% in the Eurozone or Euro area (EA) and by 0.5% in the European Union during Q1 (first quarter) of 2019, compared with Q4 2018, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

EU and Eurozone GDP growth up to Q1 2019

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