ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - At the end of 2017, Croatia's public debt totalled 283.5 kuna billion and its share in GDP decreased for the third consecutive year, to 78%, and Raiffeisenbank Austria (RBA) analysts forecast that it will continue to decrease.

ZAGREB, April 5, 2018 - The EU28 unemployment rate in February 2018 was down on the month and on the year, and similar trends were recorded in Croatia, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, which once again put Croatia in a group of countries with the biggest drop in the unemployment rate on the year.

ZAGREB, April 3, 2018 - The volume of construction works in January 2018 was 6.8% higher than in the same month of 2017, which is the highest increase since December 2016, and a rate higher than the EU average, showed preliminary statistics published by the national statistical office (DZS).

ZAGREB, March 31, 2018 - Last year, Croatia achieved a surplus in the current account balance of payments of 1.9 billion euros, which is 695 million kuna more than in 2016, and despite a big deficit in foreign trade, the surplus was mostly a result of positive trends in the services account, particularly tourism, which generated a record revenue of 9.5 billion euros, the latest data released by the Croatian National Bank (HNB) indicate.

ZAGREB, March 30, 2018 - Industrial production in Croatia in February 2018 rose 3.3% in comparison to February 2017, thus ending a three-month declining streak.

ZAGREB, March 27, 2018 - A marked decrease in industry confidence in March 2018 has affected economic sentiment in Croatia, and optimism has weakened at European Union level too, according to a European Commission report released on Tuesday.

ZAGREB, March 26, 2018 - The CEIZ index of the Zagreb Institute of Economics (EIZ), which grew by 0.67 points month-on-month, indicated moderate strengthening of economic activity in Croatia at the start of this year, EIZ recently reported.

ZAGREB, March 21, 2018 - After reaching a record nominal high of 127 billion kuna in December 2017, total assets of the Croatian National Bank (HNB) declined by 3.3% or 4.2 billion kuna to 123 billion kuna in January 2018, while increasing by 9.6% or 10.8 kuna billion in comparison with January 2017, Raiffeisenbank (RBA) says in a report.

ZAGREB, March 21, 2018 - Labour costs in the European Union increased in the fourth quarter of 2017 almost at the same rate as in the previous quarter, while in Croatia their increase picked up, according to the EU statistical office Eurostat.

ZAGREB, March 19, 2018 - The job vacancy rate in Croatia rose mildly in the fourth quarter of 2017, while in the EU it remained unchanged compared to the previous quarter, show figures from the EU's statistical office Eurostat.