- Current Trends
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| The Current trends for a selection of the principal short-term series are summarised for your convenience below. |
| Principal Series |
Base or Unit |
Latest Results |
Change Over |
| |
Period |
Value |
1 Mth |
3 Mths |
12 Mths |
Manufacturing Industry
Output Price Index |
2000=100 |
Jan 10 |
87.5 |
|
|
-2.8% |
Agricultural Output
Price Index - SA |
2000=100 |
Dec 09 |
104.4 |
1.2% |
3.1% |
-9.4% |
Consumer Price
Index |
Dec 06=100 |
Dec 09 |
100.6 |
-0.5% |
-0.7% |
-5.0% |
Industrial Production
Index (All Industry) - SA |
2005=100 |
Jan 10 |
107.7 |
15.3% |
6.1% |
1.6% |
Manufacturing
Employment - SA |
No. (000) |
Dec 06 |
223.7 |
|
-0.6% |
+1.0% |
| Imports-provisional |
€m |
Nov 09 |
3,754.4 |
257.3 |
648.5 |
-752.9 |
| Exports-provisional |
€m |
Nov 09 |
6,555.7 |
50.2 |
769.1 |
-1,038.9 |
| Trade Surplus-provisional |
€m |
Nov 09 |
2,801.3 |
-207.1 |
120.6 |
-286.0 |
Retail Sales
Value Index
(All businesses) - SA |
2005=100 |
Dec 09 |
80.5 |
-15.6% |
-14.3% |
-8.4% |
New Private
Cars |
No. |
Feb 10 |
11,707 |
1,238 |
10,759 |
2,914 |
| New Goods Vehicles |
No. |
Feb 10 |
1,494 |
478 |
1,018 |
397 |
| Secondhand Private Cars |
No. |
Feb 10 |
3,827 |
1,365 |
814 |
-1,703 |
Balance of Payments
(Current Account Balance) |
€m |
Q3 09 |
-902 |
|
302 |
1996 |
| GDP - SA('07) |
€m |
Q1 09 |
43,326 |
|
-1.5% |
-8.5% |
| GNP - SA('07) |
€m |
Q1 09 |
35,849 |
|
-4.5% |
-12.0% |
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