Informação: INE data show downward trend in unemployment and employment growth in the Azores The Vice-President of the Government highlighted the downward trend in unemployment and the growth of employment in the Azores. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) regarding the first quarter of 2018, "there has been a year-on-year reduction of the unemployment rate for 15 consecutive quarters in comparison with the same period of the previous year." "There has also been... Mais >> Informação: INE confirms deficit decline in 2017 and regional public debt is less than half the European average According to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), and in compliance with the rules of the Bank of Portugal (BdP), the deficit registered by the Azores stands at 1.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Region. This figure is lower than the best result registered by the country in more than 40 years of Democracy, with the public debt being less than half the Europ... Mais >> Informação: Unemployment drops 10.2% in February and registers new low in six years The number of unemployed registered in the Agencies for Qualification and Employment dropped 10.2 percent in February. According to data published today by the Employment and Vocational Training Institute (IEFP), this figure represents the lowest value of the last six years. According to these data and keeping the trend of the previous months, we need to go back to October 2011 to find a lower nu... Mais >> Informação: Azores reduce deficit once again in 2017 and public debt is less than half the European average The Vice-President announced in Horta that, because of the "major effort to consolidate public accounts" undertaken by the Regional Government, the clearance of accounts and regional estimates for 2017 demonstrate that the Azores have managed to "reduce the deficit from 1.6 percent (in 2016) to only 1.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)." Sérgio Ávila spoke at the Legislative A... Mais >> Informação: Employment in the second half of 2017 is the highest of the last 10 years in the Azores The Vice-President of the Government pointed out in Angra do Heroísmo the "very strong growth" of employment in 2017, corresponding to 3,968 more Azorean workers. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), this figure was the highest of the last 10 years. "In the second half of 2017, we registered the highest number of Azorean workers of the last 10 years. This clearly de... Mais >> Informação: Milk production the Azores reached highest figure ever in 2017 The Azores produced last year 611 million litres of milk, reaching a record figure in one of the most important sectors of the archipelago. It represents a growth of 1.32% over 2016, as reported by the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry. Production in 2017 grew almost eight million litres of milk compared to 2016, when it reached 602 million litres. In 2015, the Azores produced 609 ... Mais >> Informação: Unemployment reached in December new low for the Azores in six years The number of unemployed registered in the Agencies for Qualification and Employment dropped 9.9 percent in December. According to data published today by the Employment and Vocational Training Institute (IEFP), this figure represents the lowest value of the last six years. The decrease registered in December corresponds to 955 fewer registered unemployed compared to the same month in 2016. Acc... Mais >> Informação: Economic growth increases 2.4% in the Azores The Economic Activity Indicator (EAI), which assesses the general state of the economy registered, for the fifth consecutive time, a growth above 2% in the Azores in November, reflecting the consolidation of the regional economic recovery trough the continuous evolution of the main activity sectors and data on consumption. The EAI, an index analysed and published in the Azores since 2014, allows t... Mais >> Informação: Azores GDP grows again above national average The Gross Domestic Product (GDP), an indicator that shows the evolution of the state of the economy and the generation of wealth, registered a real growth of 1.6% in the Azores, which is again above the national average (1.5%) recorded in 2016. The data were published today by the National Statistics Institute (INE) and show an upward revision of growth in 2015. "It is with great satisfaction that... Mais >> Informação: Regional budget balance in 2016 is the best of the country in 42 years The Vice-President stated in Horta that the Azores have registered "the best budget result compared to the best national result in 42 years of Democracy." He noted that the 44 percentage of public debt weight in the Azores is less than one-third of that registered in the country and in Madeira. It is even less than half of the figure registered in the entire Community area. "The 2016 account, who... Mais >>
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