Updated: June20, 2001 [JAN FEB MAR APR MAY]
Annual M3 rate 4.7 4.7 5.0 5.2/4.7**
M3 (3-mo moving avg) 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0/4.6**
CPI (y/y) 2.4 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.4
Unempl. rate (sa) 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.3
Retail Sales (y/y) 2.6 1.2
Producer Prices (y/y) 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.1
Indust. Output (y/y) 5.5 4.2 3.0 1.6
Trade balance (E bn) -6.3 0.5 3.2 -3.0
Current Account (ECB) -10.4 2.1
Economic sentiment 103.3 102.9 102.4 102.1 101.7
Industrial Confidence 3 1 -1 -4 -5
Consumer Confidence -1 -2 -2 -2 -4

[2Q00 3Q00 4Q00]
Real GDP (q/q) 0.8 0.6 0.7
Real GDP (y/y) 3.7 3.3 3.0
Labor costs (y/y) 4.0 3.9 3.5
p: preliminary
** first figure is M3 growth unadjusted for non-EMU residents' holdings
of money market fund shares/units; second figure is adjusted growth.