Macroeconomic data from Eurostat on GDP, consumption, inflation and unemployment for Belgium, Germany, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Format
A time series object containing 20 macroeconomic seasonally adjusted time series, quarterly observed from 1992-2019 for Belgium (BE), Germany (DE), France (FR), the Netherlands (NL) and the United Kingdom (UK).
GDP_BEGross domestic product at market prices (index, 2015=100) for Belgium.
GDP_DEGross domestic product at market prices (index, 2015=100) for Germany.
GDP_FRGross domestic product at market prices (index, 2015=100) for France.
GDP_NLGross domestic product at market prices (index, 2015=100) for the Netherlands.
GDP_UKGross domestic product at market prices (index, 2015=100) for the United Kingdom.
CONS_BEFinal consumption expenditure (index, 2015=100) for Belgium.
CONS_DEFinal consumption expenditure (index, 2015=100) for Germany.
CONS_FRFinal consumption expenditure (index, 2015=100) for France.
CONS_NLFinal consumption expenditure (index, 2015=100) for the Netherlands.
CONS_UKFinal consumption expenditure (index, 2015=100) for the United Kingdom.
HICP_BEHarmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (annual rate of change, 2015=100) for Belgium.
HICP_DEHarmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (annual rate of change, 2015=100) for Germany.
HICP_FRHarmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (annual rate of change, 2015=100) for France.
HICP_NHarmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (annual rate of change, 2015=100) for the Netherlands.
HICP_UKHarmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (annual rate of change, 2015=100) for the United Kingdom.
UR_BEUnemployment rate (percentage of the active population) for Belgium.
UR_DEUnemployment rate (percentage of the active population) for Germany.
UR_FRUnemployment rate (percentage of the active population) for France.
UR_NLUnemployment rate (percentage of the active population) for the Netherlands.
UR_UKUnemployment rate (percentage of the active population) for the United Kingdom.
Note
Unemployment rates are seasonally but not calendar adjusted, all other series are both seasonally and calendar adjusted.
Quarterly inflation rates are sampled from Eurostat's monthly series with annual rates of change as the final month of the respective quarter.
The unemployment rate for France excludes overseas territories ('France continental' in the Eurostat database).