Eurostat released that the unemployment rate of member countries in the European Union was 6.9% in June 2018, down from 7.6% in June 2017. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the Euro area was 8.3% in June 2018, down from 9.0% in June 2017.
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According to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications of Japan, Japanese unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, was 2.4% in June 2018. The number of unemployed persons was 1.68 million, a decrease of 12.5% from the previous year.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the unemployment rate of Germany was 3.4% in June 2018. The number of unemployed persons was 1.49 million in the same period.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's retail turnover increased by 3.0% year on year in real terms in June 2018. Compared to the previous month, June turnover rose by 1.2% adjusted for calendar and seasonal variations.
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According to the report released by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japanese retail sales rose by 1.8% in June 2018 compared with the same period last year. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, retail sales rose by 1.5% compared with May 2018.
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According to Ministry of Finance of Japan, Japan's exports rose by 8.1% in May 2018 over a year earlier, imports increased by 14.1%. Japan's merchandise trade deficit was 583.3 billion yen in May 2018.
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According to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the consumer price index (CPI) for Japan in June 2018 was 100.9 up 0.7% compared with June 2017 and rose 0.1% from May 2018.
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According to Office for National Statistics (ONS), UK retail sales increased by 5.3% year-on-year in June 2018 and decreased 0.3% from the previous month.
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According to the UK National Statistics Office, UK's CPI rose 2.4% year-on-year in June 2018, unchanged from May 2018.
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According to the Eurostat, Euro area annual inflation was 2.0% in June 2018, up from 1.9% compared with May 2018. EU annual inflation was 2.0% in June 2018, stable compared with May 2018.
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The US Commerce Department announced that advance estimates of US retail and food services sales increased by 6.6% year-on-year in June 2018 and increased 0.5% from the previous month.
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The US Department of Labor released that CPI before seasonal adjustment, increased 2.9% year-on-year in June 2018. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI increased by 0.1% month-over-month in June 2018.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), the consumer price index for Germany in June 2018 was up by 2.1% year-on-year. Compared to May 2018, the consumer price index rose by 0.1% in June 2018.
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According to UK National Statistics Office, UK's trade deficit on goods and services was estimated at £2.79 billion in May 2018. Export values increased by 2.8% and import values increased by 2.1% compared with April 2018.
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According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), Germany's exports decreased by 1.3% in May 2018 year on year, while imports increased by 0.8%. Upon calendar and seasonal adjustment, May’s exports rose by 1.8% month on month while imports rose by 0.7%. Trade surplus reached EUR20.3 billion in May 2018.
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