Between October and December 2024, the household savings rate saw an increase compared to the 14.8% recorded in the same period the previous year, remaining stable at 15.3% quarter-on-quarter.
Investment by households in the euro area slowed by 0.5 percentage points compared to the 9.6% recorded in the same quarter of 2023 and remained stable in the quarter-on-quarter comparison.
The European statistics service also indicates that, regarding non-financial corporations, the profit margin decreased to 38.5%, down from 40.1% in the fourth quarter of 2023 and 38.8% between July and September 2024.
The investment rate of companies dropped to 21.3%, compared to 21.8% in both comparison periods.
Eurostat does not publish data for the European Union on this indicator.
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