Slovenia’s statistics office said on Friday that the country’s consumer confidence gauge fell 4 percentage points (PPS) in January after rising 6 PPS the previous month. Consumer confidence fell 11 PPS on a year-over-year basis in January, according to a statement on the statistics office’s website.
The four components of the consumer confidence indicator improved at the deteriorated level. Household finance expectations fell by 6 percentage points. By comparison, they decreased by 3 percentage points each for major purchases, the country’s economy and current household finances.
On a year-over-year basis, significant purchase estimates decreased by 11 percentage points. In addition, the forecasts for the national economy decreased by 13 percentage points. Finally, estimates of current household finances decreased by 6 percentage points.
The Slovenian statistics office reported on Friday that industrial producer prices increased by 19.6% in 2022 after increasing by 5.5% the previous year. According to a statement from the statistical office, industrial producer prices increased by 16.3% in the international market and 22.9% in the domestic market in 2022. According to the statistical office, industrial producer prices increased by 19.3% year-on-year only in December. after rising 19.7% in November. The Slovenian Producer Price Index (PPI) increased by 0.2% in December compared to the previous month.
Domestic industrial producer prices rose 0.5% month-on-month in December and grew 23.3% year-over-year. Prices to the industrial producer in the non-domestic market increased 15.3% annually, remaining unchanged for the month.
Serbia issues $1.75 billion double tranche Eurobond while Albania’s annual inflation rate drops to 7.5%
On January 19, Serbia announced the sale of a double tranche Eurobond worth a total of $1.75 billion (€1.6 billion) on the global market, according to the nation’s central bank. The National Bank of Serbia (NBS) announced Thursday that the value of the five-year Eurobonds is $750 million. Meanwhile, the value of ten-year Eurobonds is $1 billion. The coupon for the five-year issue is 6.25%, while the coupon for the ten-year issue is 6.50%.
Around 500 participants placed orders worth more than $11 billion in the auction. According to NBS, the money raised would be used to pay down debt and maintain economic growth. Albania’s Harmonized Annual Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) rose 7.5% in December after rising 8% in November.
According to a statement issued by INSTAT on Thursday, the harmonized index of the food and non-alcoholic beverages group experienced a 13% increase in December, which had the largest impact on annual inflation. Transport experienced an increase of 7.5%.
Albania’s HICP rose 0.4% in December from the previous month after falling 0.1% in November. According to INSTAT earlier this month, non-harmonized consumer price inflation in Albania grew 7.4% year-on-year in December after rising 7.9% the previous month.
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