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27.12.2016

Compared to October, in November 2016 the level of construction costs in Latvia dropped by 0.1 %. Labour remuneration of workers reduced by 0.8 %, maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment dropped by 0.1 %, whereas the prices of building materials went up by 0.2 %.

27.12.2016

New data have been published in sections: Geographical data; Consumer prices; Producer prices; Gross domestic product; Investment; Population: Number and Change; Occupied posts and job vacancies, paid working hours; Tourism.

22.12.2016

According to data compiled by the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB), 14 572 residents celebrated their birthdays during Christmas in 2015 – 5 051 of them had their birthday on the Day before Christmas, 4 852 – on the Day of Christmas and 4 669 – on the Second Day of Christmas. On 24 December 2016, 9 352 women named Ieva and 191 men named Ādams will celebrate their Name day.

21.12.2016

The Central Statistical Bureau has launched the survey “Quality of Life in Cities”, the aim of which is to acquire information on how satisfied residents of Daugavpils, Jelgava, Jēkabpils, Jūrmala, Liepāja, Rēzekne, Valmiera and Ventspils are with the quality of life in their cities.

21.12.2016

Compared to October, in November 2016 the level of producer prices in Latvian industry increased by 0.3 %. Prices of products sold on the domestic market, as well as those of exported products rose by 0.3 %. The level of producer prices of exports to euro area countries grew by 0.7 %, while it remained unchanged for exports to non-euro area countries.

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In comparison with 2014 (2014=100), average consumer price level in 2015 increased by 0.2%.

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