Official figures show unemployment in the 16 countries that use the euro rose to 10 percent in November for the first time since the single currency was introduced at the start of 1999. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, on Friday said the unemployment rate rose 0.1 percentage points from Octo...

Retail sales in the 16 countries that use the euro unexpectedly fell in November, official figures showed Thursday, further denting hopes that consumer spending will drive the region's economic recovery in the future. Figures from Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, showed that eurozone retail ...

Economic figures released Thursday provided little evidence that the 16 countries that share the euro are enjoying a strong recovery from recession. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, confirmed that the eurozone's economy grew by 0.4 percent in the July-September quarter from the previous thre...

Germany's third-quarter gross domestic product rose a smaller-than-expected 0.7% compared with the previous quarter, the German Statistics Office reported on Friday. Analysts expected the data to show German growth accelerated at a quarterly pace of 0.8%. Compared to the third quarter of last year,...

Consumer prices in four German states declined in July from a year earlier, after energy costs dropped and the recession curbed spending. Prices fell 0.7 percent from a year earlier in North Rhine- Westphalia, the state statistics office in Dusseldorf said today. In the month, prices fell 0.2 pe...

rench consumer spending rose the most in more than a year in June, the Paris-based statistics office said today. Spending gained 1.4 percent from May and 1.2 percent from a year earlier. It was the biggest monthly increase since May 2008 and topped the median forecast of a 0.3 percent rise in a s...

Retail sales fell in May in the 16 countries that use the euro, in a further sign that consumers aren't optimistic about their future in the midst of a deep and widespread recession. Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, says retail sales in the euro zone fell by 0.4 percent from the previous mon...

European consumer prices recorded their first annual decline this month as energy costs fell and the economic slump pushed up unemployment and curbed demand. The 0.1 percent drop in euro region prices is the first since compilation of the data began in 1996, the European Union statistics office i...