Note Data refer to the Euro 12

Note All data refer to the Euro 12

2 ) Data for Bulgaria refer to 2000 .

For 1992 data refer to the third quarter only .

Price data before 1990 refer to national CPI data .

Notes Data refer to outstanding amounts at period end .

For 2006 , data refer to the end of the third quarter .

Data for the United States and Japan refer to 1999 .

3 ) Data refer to mid year population .

4 ) Data refer to population on 1 October .

Note Data for 2005 refer to the first half of the year .

2 ) Data refer to all 16 countries of the euro area .

3 ) Data for the United States and Japan refer to 1998 .

Note Data for 2004 refer to the f irst half of the year .

Note Data for 2007 refer to the first half of the year .

Data refer to the euro area including Cyprus and Malta .

The latest observations for monthly data are for December 2005 .

Note Data refer to the Euro 12 ( including periods prior to 2001 )

Note Data refer to the euro area including Cyprus and Malta .

The latest observations for monthly data are for January 2010 .

The fiscal stance was tightened only in Spain , the Netherlands and Portugal .

1 ) Data refer to euro area 12 .

Germany data for 1990 refer to West Germany .

Note Data refer to the Euro 12 ( including periods prior to 2001 ) .

Data for Japan refer to 1998 and for the United States to 1999 .

Note Data for all years refer to all 12 euro area countries .

The required data on the international investment position are made available as at the end of the calendar year to which the data relate .

Sources Thomson Financial and ECB calculations .

2 ) Data for GDP refer to all 16 countries of the euro area .

1 Developments with regard to the Danish krone , the Swedish krona and the pound sterling can be found in Chapter III .

Data refer to the annual growth rate of credit in December 2006 .

1 ) US data refer to the 16 to 24 age group .

These include developments in the number of vacancies , which increased in the second half of 2004 after having fallen continuously since 2001 . The unemployment rate in most euro area countries was broadly unchanged on average between 2003 and 2004 , although the unemployment figures recorded in some countries were affected to some extent by statistical changes .

Later in 2002 , the sharp fall in share prices exerted further upward pressure on the saving ratio by reducing household wealth and adversely affecting confidence ( see Chart 20 ) .

Note Data for the United States refer to 1999 and for the euro area to 2000 .

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Note Data on industrial producer prices refer to the euro area including Cyprus and Malta .

From September 2007 higher annual rates of energy producer price growth pushed up by oil price increases and base effects and food producer price growth led to an increase in producer price inflation .

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3 ) Data for 2007 refer to the four quarter cumulative sum up to the third quarter of 2007 .

For Malta , data refer to the four quarter cumulative sum up to the second quarter of 2007 .

2 ) Data for 2007 refer to the four quarter average up to the third quarter of 2007 .

1 ) Data for 2009 refer to the four quarter average up to the third quarter of 2009 .

The data required for the compilation of the international reserves template of the Eurosystem are made available to the ECB within three weeks of the end of the month to which the data relate .

The data on the international reserves template shall be made available to the ECB within three weeks of the end of the month to which the data relate .