Michael Barnier

German Exports, Industrial Production Upbeat

Frankfurt - QNA

German exports rose to 102.3 billion euros (108.8 billion dollars) in February, a 3.1-per-cent increase on the previous year, while imports also climbed 3.7 per cent, the Federal Statistics Office said Friday. In another month of results underscoring a stellar performance for German industry in 2017, industrial production rose 2.2 per cent in February compared to the previous month, accordingRead more

British industrial output fell 0.7% in February

London - AFP

Britain's industrial output fell by more than anticipated in February in a sign that the economic resilience seen after the Brexit referendum could be starting to crumble, official data showed Friday. Industrial output contracted by 0.7 percent in February, after already shrinking by 0.3 percent the previous month, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) calculated. Analysts had been pencilling inRead more

Qatar Takes Part in 48th Session of the UN Statistical Commission

Doha - Arab Today

The State of Qatar takes part in the 48th Session of the UN Statistical Commission due to be held in New York on 7-10 March 2017 with a delegation headed by HE Dr. Saleh bin Mohammed Al-Nabit the Minister of Development Planning and Statistics. The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) said in a statement on Sunday that theRead more

DSCD presents its experience in census undertaking

Sharjah - Arab Today

Department of Statistics and Community Development (DSCD) has shared the benefits of its pioneering models, its forecasting for future processes and the essential part a census plays in community planning, to some of the most influential census and surveys organisations in the Arab world. Held up as a prime example of modern population censuses, the DSCD informed participants of theRead more

One crime every 28 minutes in Oman

Muscat - Arab Today

The rate of crimes in the Sultanate of Oman stood at four crimes per thousand people with the crime frequency standing at one crime committed every 28 minutes, according to a recent bulletin issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI). The number of crimes reported in Oman stood at 18,860 in 2015, compared to 22,624 in 2014,Read more

38 vessels cross Suez Canal

Ismailia - MENA

Thirty-eight ships transited the Suez Canal on Thursday, with a total cargo of 2.435 million tons. The south-bound convoy included 14 vessels carrying 935,000 tons, while the north-bound convoy included 24 ships carrying 1.5 million tons, according to navigational statistics released by the Suez Canal AuthorityRead more

China consumer prices up 1.3% in August

Beijing - XINHUA

China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 1.3 percent year on year in August, down from July's 1.8 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Friday. Source : XINHUARead more

Canada's unemployment rate falls to 6.9 % in May

Toronto - Xinhua

Canada's unemployment rate inched down to 6.9 percent in May, from 7.1 percent in April, Statistics Canada said Friday. The jobless rate is now at its lowest rate since July 2015, after Canada's economy added better-than-expected 14,000 jobs in May. Economists had expected a slight gain of fewer than 1,000 jobs for the month. Across the country, there were moreRead more

Malaysia's economic growth eased to 4.2 per cent in 1st Quarter

Kuala Lumpur - QNA

Malaysia's economic growth eased to 4.2 per cent in the first quarter, the government said Friday. The first quarter growth in the country's gross domestic product (GDP) was slower than the 5.7-per-cent growth recorded for the same period last year, according to data from the Statistics Department. "The slight moderation in growth mainly reflected external shocks to the economyRead more

Eurozone economy grew by 0.6 per cent in first Quarter

Brussels - QNA

The eurozone's gross domestic product (GDP) posted quarterly growth of 0.6 per cent in the first three months of the year, official data showed Friday. On a yearly basis, GDP in the 19-member currency bloc expanded by 1.6 per cent, the European Union's statistics office Eurostat said in a statement. Across the whole of the EU, GDP rose by 0.5Read more