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Press release No. 337 of 25 August 2023 General government deficit increased to 42.1 billion euros in the first half of 2023
...Social security funds recorded a surplus of 7.0 billion euros in the first half of 2023, 0.7 billion euros less than in the first six months of 2022. Tax revenue down, social contributions up Tax revenue fell by a total of 0.3% in the first half of 2023 from the same period of the previous year. A slight increase of 0.5% was recorded for value-added tax, whereas the revenue from tax on acquisition of real estate dropped by 33.5% as there was a notable reluctance to purchase land and buildings. ...
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Press release No. 451 of 24 November 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 3rd quarter of 2023
...Average gross wages and salaries per employee went up by 6.4% year on year in the third quarter of 2023. Net average earnings increased even more (+7.9%) due to the weak development of wage tax revenue. This can probably be attributed mainly to tax-free payments of premiums compensating for inflation and to higher wage settlements. ...
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Press release No. 336 of 25 August 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 2nd quarter of 2023
...There was a corresponding rise of 6.7% in average gross wages and salaries per employee in the second quarter of 2023 from the same quarter of the previous year. Net average earnings increased even more (+8.7%) due to the weak development of wage tax revenue. Apart from another decline in the volume of short-time work, the main contributing factors probably were tax-free premiums paid to compensate for inflation and higher wage settlements agreed in view of the rising overall price level. ...
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Press release No. 203 of 25 May 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed economic performance results for the 1st quarter of 2023
...Average wages and salaries per employee went up by a gross 5.7% in the first quarter of 2023. Due to the weak development of wage tax revenue, there was a stronger net increase of 7.8% on the same period of the previous year. Contributing factors probably were less short-time work and, in particular, payments of premiums compensating for inflation. ...
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Date: December 13, 2023 Quality Report - Consumer Price Index for Germany
As regards the consumer price index, price index series are provided for household final consumption expenditure in Germany in the form of totals and for individual aggregates. Year-on-year and month-on-month inflation rates are also available. …
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Date: June 16, 2023 Studies on the influence of multinational enterprise groups on gross national income
With increasing globalisation, the business activities of large multinational enterprise groups often span several national economies. Given their complex structures, the correct statistical recording of these activities poses a considerable …
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Date: July 28, 2023 Quality Report - Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
Extract from Quality Report - Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices
The consumer prices recorded are used to calculate the HICP which is in turn used for the calculation of an inflation standard to measure price stability in the economy of the euro …
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Press release No. 070 of 24 February 2023 Gross domestic product: detailed results on the economic performance in the 4th quarter of 2022
...Total gross wages and salaries rose 6.8% on a year earlier as the number of employees also went up once more. The increase of net wages and salaries (+7.5%) was slightly larger than that of gross wages and salaries, one of the reasons being the downward effect of the Tax Relief Act 2022. Overall, the extremely high inflation led to noticeable losses in real earnings for employees, on average, also at the end of 2022. ...