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The programme for Statistics Day of Catalonia 2018 is now available. This year's edition is convened by the Catalan Statistics Society and organised by the SORT journal. It will take place on 5 October at the Prat de la Riba hall of the Institute of Catalan Studies.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.9% year-over-year for the month of August 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in August 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 2.2% in Catalonia in August 2018 and stood at 109.68 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.0% in Catalonia in July 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 6.0% in July 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an increase of 5.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in July 2018. .

The collection of information for the 2018 Survey of Living Conditions has begun. The fieldwork will be performed between September and December 2018.

In the first quarter of 2018, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.7 points, which implies a decline of 2.1 points in year-over-year terms

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments increased by 8.2% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data from the Rural Tourism Accommodation Occupancy Survey.

The number of overnight stays in campsites grew 7.1% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data from the Survey of Employment in Campsites.

Idescat and the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Families initiate the first Economic Survey on Home Care Services. The fieldwork for this Survey will be conducted between September and December 2018.

In 2016, 230,171 changes of residence from one Catalan municipality to another were recorded, a 5.8% decline with respect to 2015, according to Statistics on on Migratory Movements. 56.5% of the 230,171 internal movements within Catalonia were inter-county movements, resulting in a positive migratory balance for 23 counties and Aran.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,804.74 euros in Catalonia as of the second quarter of 2018, 1.1% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

In 2017 as a whole, the total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 10.1% and the average daily expenditure person grew a 3.9% with respect to 2016, according to definitive data.

In 2017 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.4% with respect to 2016, according to definitive data.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.7% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the second quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 5.6% increase with respect to one year ago.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.1% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.7% in the second quarter of 2018.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in August 2018.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 0.7% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in July 2018.

Catalan exports of high technological content decreased by 2.7% on a year-over-year basis in the second quarter of 2018.

Exports increased a 0.9% year-on-year and imports grew a 5.1% in Catalonia in June 2018.

Idescat presents the publication "Estadística de l'audiovisual a Catalunya 2015".

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.3% on year-over-year data for July 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,895 million euro for July 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 3.2%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 6.7% on the year-over-year data for July 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, decreased by 0.3% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in July 2018.

The Government has approved the Annual Programme for Statistical Action 2018 (PAAE 2018) which includes all the statistical actions of interest of the Catalan Government that must be carried out by the Statistical System of Catalonia during this year, within the framework of the Statistical Plan for Catalonia 2017-2020. The number of actions scheduled is 320.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 6.5% year-over-year for the month of July 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.8% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in July 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 1.5% in Catalonia in July 2018 and stood at 106.46 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 5.2% in Catalonia in June 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 4.0% in June 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an decrease of 1.6% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in June 2018. .

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 4.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2018.

The total gross labour cost per worker stood at 32,374.69 euros in Catalonia in 2017, a figure that represents a decrease of 0.3% compared to 2016 according to the Annual Labour Cost Survey.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.0% year-over-year in the second quarter of 2018, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 2.9% on year-over-year data for June 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,402 million euro for June 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 13.6%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 3.2% on the year-over-year data for June 2018.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia decreased by 3.6% in the second quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey. .

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.1%, on a year-over-year basis, during the second quarter of 2018 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

Exports decreased a 1.2% year-on-year and imports grew a 1.1% in Catalonia in May 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.5% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in June 2018.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 65,500 people in the second quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-13.1%) and stayed at 432,000 persons, with an unemployment rate of 11.39%, according to the Active Population Survey. The number of employed people rose by 89,900, totalling 3,360,400 individuals, a 2.7% higher than the same period of the previous year. The specific sector of tourism grew a 1.2% year-over-year, while the cultural and the ICT sectors fell a 1.3% and a 1.4%, respectively.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in June 2018.

In 2017, the Metropolitan Area (32,861.90 euros) and El Penedès (32,056.20 euros) were the territorial areas with the highest average net incomes per household and were the only ones which stood above the Catalan average (31,410.80 euros), according to the Survey on Living Conditions (territorial results).

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 4.3% year-over-year for the month of June 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

In 2015, the weight of industry in the gross added value was higher than 75% in the municipalities of La Canonja (88.5%), Santa Margarida i els Monjos (77.3%) and Guissona (75.5%). With regards to the service sector, it represented more than the 75% of the gross added value for one third of all municipalities. Salou, Alella, Calella, Altafulla and l’Hospitalet de Llobregat were those presenting the highest figures, around the 90%.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 0.5% in Catalonia in June 2018 and stood at 94.75 euros.

The expenditure on technological innovation of companies based in Catalonia with ten or more employees stood at 3,209.7 million euros in 2016, a figure accounting for 2.1% of its turnover and totalling 3,367.2 million euros if the expenditure of all the Companies involved in technological innovation in Catalonia was taken into account, regardless of where the registered office was located.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.6% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 1.9% in May 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an deincrease of 0.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in May 2018.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the third quarter of 2018 registers a balance of 14.8 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in June 2018.

Idescat adds the data from population studies based on the censuses published from 1860-1970 to the Demographic Historical Series.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia increased by 0.3% in the third quarter of 2018 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The Gross domestic expenditure on R&D relative to the GDP was 1.46% in Catalonia in the year 2016, 0.06 points lower than the previous year.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2018.

The number of contributory Social Security pensions received by residents of Catalonia totalled 1,683,463 as of 31 December 2017. The counties with the most contributory pensions per inhabitant were El Berguedà and El Ripollès.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.6% on year-over-year data for May 2018.

Exports grew a 8.2% year-on-year and imports a 20.9% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,915 million euro for May 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 5.2%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 2.4% on the year-over-year data for May 2018.

Idescat is publishing the Centenarian Population Estimates for the first time. Data on the centenarian population, age by age, are provided up to 105 years of age, together with retrospective results since 1981. In Catalonia there were 1,875 centenarian people on 1 January 2016, a figure representing 251 centenarians per million inhabitants.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 0.9% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in May 2018.

The official impact factor for 2017 of SORT has been published and stands at 1.344, according to Clarivate Analytics (Web of Science - Journal Citation Reports).

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 8,0% year-over-year in the first quarter 2018. People residing in Catalonia made 6,924.0 thousand trips, involving 21.775,6 thousand overnight stays.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 0.1% year-over-year decrease in the first quarter of 2018, which meant a total of 947.9 trips and 3,819.4 thousand overnight stays.

Idescat presents the second update of the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators 2017. Updated information is available of 23 indicators, of a total of 52, corresponding mainly to the areas of Living and working conditions, Health and Leisure and Culture.

The sixteenth edition of the Student Contest on Applied Statistics has been announced, a competition that is organised annually by the Statistics Service at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with the collaboration of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia.

The technical sessions that Idescat has designed for the second semester of 2018 can now be consulted, as well as the schedule of other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics that have been organised to date.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in May 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 4.3% year-over-year for the month of May 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

Idescat provides information on real estate cadastre and property tax, of urban and rustic type, regarding year 2017, based on data from the Dirección General del Catastro.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 5.0% in Catalonia in May 2018 and stood at 88.90 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 6.6% in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 14.3% in April 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an increase of 14.8% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in April 2018.

In 2016, the mean annual net income of Catalans stood at 31,411 euros per household and 12,712 euros per person, figures 0.2% and 0.4% higher than in the previous year. The at-risk-of-poverty rate stood at 20.0% in 2017, a figure eight tenths higher than that of the previous year.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 42 Number 1 has been published for the period January-June 2018 with the inclusion of five articles.

The contribution of total factor productivity to the growth of the Catalan economy was 1.2 percentage points in 2017.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,669.21 euros in Catalonia as of the first quarter of 2018, 3.0% higher than the same quarter in 2017.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) (base 2015=100) increased by 6.3% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the first quarter of 2018. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 5.5% increase with respect to one year ago. As of this quarter, the Turnover Index for the service sector is published on the basis of 2015.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.4% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.8% in the first quarter of 2018.

The field work of the Business climate survey is underway corresponding to the second quarter of 2018. The field operation is conducted from the 14 June and takes an expected 20 calendar days.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 2.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in May 2018.

In Catalonia, there were 2,980,600 households in 2017, according to the results of the Continuous Household Survey. By numbers of members, 25.6% were unipersonal households, 31.6% were two-person households, 20.4% were three-person households and 22.4% contained four or more people.

Idescat is publishing the standardized mortality rate (SMR) by age corresponding to the 2012-2016 period. The SMR in Catalonia was 832 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in the above period, slightly lower than the SMR in Spain (837) and that of the European Union (1,003). Girona Counties

Idescat is publishing the life table corresponding to the 2012-2016 period. The life expectancy at birth of the population of Catalonia was 83.06 years in the above period, 80.18 years for men and 85.82 years for women, a difference of 5.6 years to the benefit of women.

The ceremony for presenting the awards and diplomas of the 9th Nursery competition for Surveys and Experiments, was held on the 1 June.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days increased by 3.8% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2018.

The gross annual salary per worker in Catalonia was 24,454.64 euros in 2016, 0.5% more than the previous year, according to the Annual Wage Structure Survey.

Catalan exports of high technological content decreased by 4.4% on a year-over-year basis in the first quarter of 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,523 million euro for April 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 1.6%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 11.0% on the year-over-year data for April 2018.

The number of contributors to the Social Security in Catalonia increased by 4.0% year-over-year in March 2018, standing at 3,191,606 individuals. The publication of the data for March saw the broadening of the results of the affiliations with new crossings of the socio-demographic variables by type of employment relationship, activity sector and contribution scheme.

Exports grew a 0.8% year-on-year and imports fell by 4.1% in Catalonia in March 2018.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 6.1% on year-over-year data for April 2018.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 0.5% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in April 2018.

Idescat updates the Non-Economic At Risk of Poverty and Social Exclusion Territorial Indicators with data from 2016.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in April 2018.

Idescat designates the data protection officer provided in the new General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679). The contact address is dpd@idescat.cat

The Turnover Index for the service sector increased by a year-over-year 2.1% in Catalonia in March 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year decrease of 2.4% in March 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an increase of 0.4% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in March 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 12.5% year-over-year for the month of April 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 1.1% in Catalonia in April 2018 and stood at 91.91 euros.

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.5 points, which implies a decline of 1.3 points in year-over-year terms

Exports grew 1.0% year-on-year and imports by 5.4% in Catalonia in February 2018.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in April 2018.

The Industrial Products Production Index rose by 3.6% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive figures.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days (base 2015=100) increased by 6.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2018.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 38.7% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2018, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.3%, on a year-over-year basis, during the first quarter of 2018 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,156 million euro for March 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 9.3%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.1% on the year-over-year data for March 2018.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 71.0% in the first quarter of 2018 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey. Note that in 2018 Easter was celebrated between March and April, while in 2015 it took place in April.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 0.6% on year-over-year data for March 2018.

The population of Catalonia on 1 January 2018 amounted to 7,534,813 inhabitants, according to provisional data of Population Estimates produced by Idescat.

Idescat publishes its 2017 Report, with detailed information on its activity throughout the year.

The General Retail Trade Indices (base 2015=100) without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.7% on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in March 2018.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 118,000 people in the first quarter of 2018 with respect to the previous year (-20.5%) and stayed at 458,700 persons, with a unemployment rate of 12.19%, according to the Active Population Survey. The number of employed people rose by 105,300, totalling 3,303,300 individuals, a 3.3% higher than the same period of the previous year. The specific sectors of ICT and tourism grew above the average of Catalonia (9.2% and 3.5%, respectively), while the cultural sector grew below the average (1.4%).

In 2015, 25 counties saw an increase in their income per capita, 6 of which registered growth above 3%: El Vallès Oriental (3.7%), El Garraf (3.6%), followed by El Baix Llobregat, El Gironès, El Vallès Occidental and El Bages. At the other extreme are L’Alta Ribagorça, La Cerdanya and El Pallars Jussà, with a decline in their income per capita of around 3%.

The Industrial Products Price Index grew by 2.0% in Catalonia in 2017, according to definitive data.

The Industrial Products Price Index (base 2015=100) increased by 1.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in March 2018.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 6.6% year-over-year for the month of March 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The population registered in Catalonia on 1 January 2018 was 7,596,131 inhabitants, according to provisional data from the Municipal Register of inhabitants, with a growth of 40,301 people (0.5%) with respect to 1 January 2017.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 1.3% in Catalonia in March 2018 and stood at 89.01 euros.

In 2017, 332.599 people received some of the five Income Maintenance Benefits allocated to specific collectives in emergency situations. This figure entails a 9.0% decrease with regard to the previous year.

The Turnover Index for the service sector (base 2015=100) increased by a year-over-year 6.9% in Catalonia in February 2018.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 3.9% in February 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 6.2% in Catalonia in February 2018.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 10.8% year-over-year in the fourth quarter 2017. People residing in Catalonia made 6,097.7 thousand trips, involving 18,839.7 thousand overnight stays. In 2017 the number of trips made by Catalans increased 11.1% and the total amount of expenditure by catalan travellers grew a 8.1%.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 9.2% year-over-year decrease in the fourth quarter of 2017, which meant a total of 973.2 trips and 4021.2 overnight stays. In 2017, the number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain decreased a 0,5% and the total amount of expenditure in trips of residents in the rest of Spain in Catalonia grew a 2.4%.

The number of citizens of Catalonia who habitually reside abroad is 284,374 people as of 1 January 2017, amounting to an increase of 7.7% in comparison with the previous year, according to the Register of Inhabitants Residing Abroad.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the second quarter of 2018 registers a balance of 18.6 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia increased by 1.9% in the second quarter of 2018 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The Consumer Price Index increased by 1.5% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in March 2018.

On Abril 3rd, the Official Bulletin of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) announced Resolution GAH/592/2018, of 27 March, which ratifies the name change of the municipality of Brunyola, which will now be called Brunyola i Sant Martí Sapresa.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days (base 2015=100) increased by 3.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in February 2018.

Exports grew 9.1% year-on-year and imports by 12.8% in Catalonia in January 2018.

28.6% of the employed population of Catalonia stated that they had worked at least one Saturday each month in 2017, according to the Active Population Survey.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 0.5% on year-over-year data for February 2018.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,030 million euro for February 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 11.1%.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 2.8% on the year-over-year data for February 2018.

In 2016, 847 libraries were registered in Catalonia, 8 more than in 2014, according to the Library Statistics. The number of Internet users increased by 14.8% (4.7 million), while the number of visitors fell by 3.7% (39.7 million) in comparison with 2014.

The General Retail Trade Indices (base 2015=100) without service stations, at current prices, increased by 1.1% -on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in February 2018.

The Turnover Index for the service sector (base 2015=100) increased by a year-over-year 8.0% in Catalonia in January 2018. As of this month, the Turnover Index for the service sector is published on the basis of 2015.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 11.0% in in January 2018.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products (base 2015=100), excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 8.2% in Catalonia in January 2018. As of this month, the Industrial New Orders Received Indices is published on the basis of 2015.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 1.4% year-over-year for the month of February 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index (base 2015=100) increased by 1.0% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in February 2018.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 3.5% in Catalonia in February 2018 and stood at 102.92 euros.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 3.5% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2017. Furthermore, the Turnover Index (IASSVN) also showed a 4.9% increase with respect to one year ago.

The field work of the Business climate survey is underway corresponding to the first quarter of 2018. The field operation is conducted from the 15th of March and takes an expected 20 calendar days.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,828.38 euros in Catalonia as of the fourth quarter of 2017, 0.3% higher than the same quarter in 2016.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 4.6% on year-over-year data for January 2018. As of this month, the The Large Stores Sales index is published on the basis 2015.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered an increase of 3.5% in 2017, reaching a total of 223,629 million euros, according to the Annual Economic Accounts in Catalonia.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.5% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.8% in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The General Retail Trade Indices (base 2015=100) without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.3% -on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in January 2018. As of this month, the General Retail Trade Indices is published on the basis of 2015.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 1.4% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in February 2018.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days (base 2015=100) increased by 5.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in January 2018. As of this month, the Industrial Production Index is published on the basis of 2015.

Idescat and the Ministry of Culture of the Generalitat de Catalunya are launching the 2018 Survey on Language Uses of the Population. Fieldwork begins in the first week of March and will last until September.

21 March, last day of the singn-up period for the ninth edition of the Nursery Competition for Surveys and Experiments, aimed at pupils in secondary, pre-university and vocational education. The competition is organised by the Faculty of Mathematics and Statistics at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Universitat de Barcelona and the Faculty of Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, and which is supported by Idescat.

The exported industrial products of high technology level increased by 10.0% year-over-year in Catalonia in the fourth quarter of 2017 and overall in 2017 the growth of foreign sales was at 9,0%, according to provisional data from the Spanish Central Tax Authority.

Exports rose by 6.5% and imports by 5.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2017. In 2017, exports increased by 8.7% and imports by 8.3%, according to provisional data from the State Tax Administration Agency.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 912 million euro for January 2018, which represented a year-over-year increase of 11.1% compared with the same period a year earlier.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 2.0% on the year-over-year data for January 2018.

The number of contributors to Social Security in Catalonia increased by 3.2% in December 2017, with respect to the same period of the previous year, standing at 3,131,688 individuals.

Idescat disseminates the data of the Survey on Farm Structure 2016, which update those of 2013; thus, it gives continuity to the historical series begun in 1993. The body responsible for this statistical operation is the INE.

Idescat presents the first update of the Social Welfare and Progress Indicators. 16 indicators are updated with data from 2017 corresponding basically to the areas of Living and working conditions, Education and Inclusion, rights and participation.

The value of the sales of industrial products in Catalonia was 87,442 million euros in 2016, 0.3% more than last year, according to the provisional data of Industrial products survey (EIP).

The Industrial Products Price Index (base 2015=100) increased by 1.3% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in January 2018. As of this month, the industrial price index is published on the basis of 2015.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.0% year-over-year for the month ofm January 2018, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 1.8% in Catalonia in January 2018 and stood at 83.22 euros.

On 1 January 2017 the population of foreign nationality residing in Catalonia stood at 1,041,362, a figure representing a year-over-year increase of 1.8%. The increase was reflected in 17 counties, headed by El Barcelonès (5.7%) and El Ripollès (4.0%).

The registered population in Catalonia on 1 January 2017 was 7,555,830 inhabitants. By place of birth, 64.9% were born in Catalonia, 17.5% in the rest of Spain, and 17.6% abroad, according to statistics from the Municipal Population Register, on 1 January 2017. By counties and Aran, the highest percentages of population born in Catalonia correspond to La Terra Alta (83.0%), Les Garrigues (81.6%), El Priorat (81.0%), El Berguedà (80.7%) and El Moianès (80.6%).

The Turnover Index for the service sector (IASSVN) increased by a year-over-year 2.2% in Catalonia in December 2017.

The Industrial business volume index for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 3.2% in Catalonia in December 2017.

The index of new orders for industry for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 8.8% in Catalonia in December 2017.

In the third quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries reached a level of 105.8 points, which implies a decline of 1.1 points in year-over-year terms

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in January 2018.

Idescat has published the dossier "Els catalans residents a l'estranger. 2017", which is number 22 in the "Dossiers Idescat" collection.

The Industrial Production Index adjusted by working days grew by 12.5% for the year-over-year variation in Catalonia in December 2017. In 2017, the annual average of the Industrial Production Index also rose by 3.9%, according to provisional data.

In 2017 as a whole, the Catalan economy grew by 3.4% according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat. On a quarter-over-quarter basis, the GDP of the Catalan economy grew by 0.8%.

Idescat offers georeferenced population data from the Population Register of Catalonia on the 1st of January 2016 with the variables of sex, age, nationality and place of birth, through files Shapefile format with the corresponding methodology in PDF.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments increased by 7.2% in Catalonia in 2017, according to provisional data from the Rural Tourism Accommodation Occupancy Survey.

The number of overnight stays in campsites grew 8.0% in Catalonia in 2017, according to provisional data from the Survey of Employment in Campsites.

The unemployment rate in Catalonia stood at a mean of 13.4% in 2017, with a total of 507,200 unemployed, 14.6% less than in 2016, according to the Labour Force Survey. The number of households with all their active members unemployed totalled 156,700 representing a year-over-year drop of 16.1%.

The Statistical Nomenclature of Population Entities in Catalonia has been updated with the data from the Population Register on the date of January 1, 2017, which enables consultation of all of the population data by sex for the infra-municipal population entities of Catalonia.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 10.6% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

Exports grew 11.8% year-on-year and imports by 5.4% in Catalonia in November 2017.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia decreased by 6.8% on the year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 as a whole, this total expenditure increased by 9.6% with respect to 2016, according to provisional data.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 13.9% on the year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 5.0% compared to 2016, according to provisional data.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 9.2% in the fourth quarter of 2017 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey.

Idescat has published the booklet Figures on Catalonia 2018, which presents a selection of basic statistics on Catalonia compared to those on Spain and the European Union.

The Large Store Sales Index at current prices (IVGS) in Catalonia decreased by 1.7% year-over-year data for December 2017. In 2017 the IVGS at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 0.7% in relation to the previous year.

Idescat is providing its users with a new quality tool: the Customer Service Charter. It contains the main services provided by Idescat, its efficiency and service quality commitments, and the participatory mechanisms to enable users to improve the service.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 1.7% -on a year-over-year basis- in Catalonia in December 2017.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 79,200 people in the fourth quarter of 2017 with respect to the previous year (-14,2%), standing at 479,200 unemployed people, with an unemployment rate of 12.63%, according to the APS. The number of employed people rose by 113,600 individuals, 3.5% higher than the same period of the previous year, totalling 3,316,200 people. The specific sectors of culture, tourism and ICT grew above the average of Catalonia.

The Industrial Price Index increased by 1.6% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2017. On the other hand, in 2017, Industrial Price Index, in annual average terms, increased by 2.0% with respect to the previous year, according to provisional data.

Overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 10.7% year-over-year for the month of December, 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. In 2017 as a whole, overnight stays in hotel establishments increased by 2.7% in Catalonia according to provisional data from the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 5.7% in Catalonia in December 2017 and stood at 83.52 euros. In 2017, the (ADR) increased by 6.6%, while the Revenue per Available Room (RevPar) incresed by 10.8% in comparison to 2016, according to provisional data.

The Turnover Index for the service sector (IASSVN) increased by a year-over-year 7.4% in Catalonia in November 2017.

The Industrial business volume index (IVNI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 6.9% in Catalonia in November 2017.

The index of new orders for industry (IECI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 6.0% in Catalonia in November 2017.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the first quarter of 2018 registers a balance of 11.7 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia decreased by 2.3% in the first from quarter of 2018 in comparison with the previous quarter.

The technical sessions that Idescat has designed for the first semester of 2018 can now be consulted, as well as the schedule of other training and promotional activities in the field of statistics that have been organised to date.

The number of people in Catalonia who had some sort of administrative relationship with Social Security was 5,189,325 in 2016, whether as contributors, pensioners or residents. Of these 3,664,700 were registered for paid employment for at least one day, a figure which is 3.2% less than the previous year.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia increased by 1.4% on year-over-year data for November 2017.

The CPI increased by 1.2% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in December 2017.

Exports grew 10.2% year-on-year and imports by 11.6% in Catalonia in October 2017.

The IPI adjusted by working days increased by 7.8% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in November 2017.

On 21th December, the Official Bulletin of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) announced Resolution GAH/2899/2017, of 18th December, which ratifies the name change of the municipality of Calonge , which will now be called Calonge i Sant Antoni.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Marriage Statistics for 2016. That year, 29,355 marriages were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2015, marriages had increased 6.4%.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Death Statistics for 2016. That year, 63,289 deaths were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2015, deaths had decreased 2.4%.

Idescat has published the definitive data of the Birth Statistics for 2016. That year, 68,974 live births were recorded in Catalonia. Compared with 2015, live births had decreased 2.1%.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 937 million euro for November 2017, which represented a year-over-year decrease of 4.2% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Idescat published official population figures by sex, referring to January 1, 2017, resulting from the revision of the Municipal Population Register, which the Spanish Government has made official by means of Royal Decree 1039/2017, of December 15 published in official state gazette (BOE) number 316 of December 29, 2017.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 2.3% on the year-over-year data for November 2017.

The resident population in Catalonia as of 1 January 2017 was 7,496,276, according to the definitive data of the Population Estimates. This figure represents an increase of 47,944 people with respect to the year before ( 6.4 per 1,000 persons), confirming the trend begun the previous year.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.5% -on a year-over-year basis-; in Catalonia in November 2017.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 1.7% year-over-year decrease in the third quarter of 2017, which meant a total of 1,823,2 trips , 12,071,0 overnight stays, an average stay of 6.6nights and an expenditure of 699 million euros.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 16.9% year-over-year in the third quarter 2017. People residing in Catalonia made 10,685.2 thousand trips, involving 68,365.2 thousand overnight stays, an average stay being 6.4 nights, and an expenditure of 3,442 million euros.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 6.2% year-over-year for the month of November 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.6% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in November 2017.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 3.2% in Catalonia in November 2017 and stood at 89.02 euros.

The Turnover Index for the service sector (IASSVN) increased by a year-over-year 5.2% in Catalonia in October 2017.

The Industrial business volume index (IVNI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 8.9% in Catalonia in October 2017.

The index of new orders for industry (IECI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 6.6% in Catalonia in October 2017.

The calendar for the release of the results of Idescat's statistical production for the year 2018 is now available.

In 2016, Catalonia's exports of high technology-level industrial products increased by 8.3% with respect to the previous year, according to definitive data from the State Tax Agency.

In 2016, exports increased by 2.0% and imports by 1.5% in comparison with the previous year, according to definitive data from the State Tax Administration Agency.

The turnover carried out by cultural enterprises in Catalonia amounted to 11,005 million euros in 2015.

The turnover of companies in the ICT sector in Catalonia in 2015 was 15,914 million euros, 8.6% more than the year before.

Statistical international journal SORT Volume 41 Number 2 has been published for the period July-December 2017 with the inclusion of seven articles and one invited article.

Martorell, with 91,300 euros, was the municipality with the highest GDP per capita in Catalonia in 2015, followed by Vandellòs i l'Hospitalet de l'Infant (76,900 euros) and Castellbisbal (75,000 euros). On the other extreme, beneath the threshold of 10,000 euros per capita, stood Badia del Vallès (5,700 euros) and Santa Margarida de Montbui (8,300 euros).

The turnover generated by wholesale trade companies in Catalonia stood at 131,628 million euros in 2015, which represents a 3.4% increase with respect to the previous year, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Industrial Sector.

The labour cost per worker and month stood at 2,540.21 euros in Catalonia as of the third quarter of 2017, 0.2% less than the same quarter in 2016.

In 2016, in Catalonia the territorial services of Social Security managed a total of 1,694,430 contributory pensions were received, with an annual total of 22,124 million euros. This economic volume represented more than 10% of the GDP of Catalonia and an increase of 1,55% with respect to 2015.

The gross domestic product of Catalonia registered a year-over-year increase of 3.4% and a quarter-over-quarter increase of 0.8% in the third quarter of 2017.

The Production Index in the Service Sector (IPROSS) increased by 6.1% on year-over-year data in Catalonia in the third quarter of 2017. Furthermore, the Indicators of Turnover (IASSVN) also showed a 6.3% increased with respect to one year ago.

The turnover of companies in the audiovisual sector in Catalonia in 2015 was 1,685 million euros, 18% of the total for Spain, which is the same percentage as the previous year.

Catalan exports of industrial products have increased in all technological levels during the third quarter of 2017 with regard to the same period of the previous year, led by the medium-low content level.

The CPI increased by 1.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in November 2017.

The number of contributory Social Security pensions collected by residents of Catalonia increased by 6.6% over the period of 2011-2016, reaching a total of 1,668,195 pensions as of 31 December, 2016, according to the Pensions Statistics.

Exports grew 5.7% year-on-year and imports by 4.6% in Catalonia in September 2017.

Statement on the search ordered by the examining magistrate's court No. 13 of Barcelona at the headquarters of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia Statement on the search ordered by the examining magistrate's court No. 13 of Barcelona at the headquarters of the Statistical Institute of Catalonia.

The IPI adjusted by working days increased by 4.3% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in October 2017.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 1,540 million euro for October 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 4.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

The Large Stores Sales index at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 11.6% on year-over-year data for October 2017.

The number of contributors to Social Security in Catalonia increased by 4.7% in September 2017, with respect to the same period of the previous year, standing at 3,175,393 individuals.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia decreased by 4.7% on the year-over-year data for October 2017.

In 2015, there were 98,857 tourism companies in Catalonia and the turnover of these companies was 29,449 million euros, according to the Statistics and Accounts of theTourism Companies.

The turnover generated by wholesale trade companies in Catalonia stood at 80,439 million euros in 2015, which represents a 2.1% increase with respect to the previous year, according to the Structural Business Statistics in the Service Sector.

In the second quarter of 2017, the Price Competitiveness of Industry Index of the Catalan manufacturing industry with respect to industrialised countries remained basically stable (104.8) with an improvement of one tenth in year-over-year terms.

85.7% of the population between 16 and 74 years of age in Catalonia regularly used the Internet in the past three months, an increase of 2.9 percentage points over the previous year, according to the 2017 Survey on ICT Equipment and Use in Households.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, decreased by 2.7% -on a year-over-year basis-; in Catalonia in October 2017.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 2.1% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in October 2017.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 2.7% year-over-year for the month of October 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments decreased by a year-over-year 0.4% in Catalonia in October 2017 and stood at 93.41 euros.

Three of every four Catalan counties registered seasonal population increases in 2015, according to the Seasonal Population Estimates. The county with the highest seasonal population in absolute terms was El Tarragonès, with 53,531 people, the equivalent of annual full time equivalents (AFTE).

The Turnover Index for the service sector (IASSVN) increased by a year-over-year 4.7% in Catalonia in September 2017.

The Industrial business volume index (IVNI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 2.5% in Catalonia in September 2017.

The index of new orders for industry (IECI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 1.4% in Catalonia in September 2017.

Idescat has published the map of the census sections or the geometry of municipal sectioning of Catalonia in shape format which correspond to the Population Register for 2016.

The field work of the 2017 Territorial survey of information and communication technologies (ICT) in households is underway. The field work will be performed from 13 November 2017 to the end of the year.

In the 2015-2016 academic year, 74.5% of the 154,907 university students living in Catalonia travelled from their municipalities of residence to one of the 23 municipalities where the university education centres are located.

The CPI increased by 1.9% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in October 2017.

El Barcelonès and El Garraf were the counties with the highest personal income tax rates (IRPF) in 2015, with 24,728 and 23,553 euros respectively.

In the 2016-2017 academic year, there were 1,208,318 student who lived and studied in Catalonia and were registered in non-university education, according to the Statistics on Commuting for Non-University Studies 83.3% of these students studied in the same municipality where they lived.

The IPI adjusted by working days increased by 7.0% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in September 2017.

Idescat is publishing a leaflet explaining the services offered by its Library and the general operating rules.

Catalonia's gross domestic product grew by 3.5%, on a year-over-year basis, during the third quarter of 2017 - according to the Advance of the GDP prepared by the Ministry of the Vice-presidency and of the Economy and Finance in collaboration with Idescat.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,168 million euro for September 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 6.3% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Exports grew by 8.3% year-on-year and imports by 8.7% in Catalonia in August 2017.

The number of overnight stays in rural tourism establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.5% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2017, according to provisional data from the Rural tourism accommodation occupancy survey.

The IVGS at current prices in Catalonia increased by 3.5% on year-over-year data for September 2017.

The number of overnight stays spent at campsites in Catalonia increased by 7.8% in the third quarter of 2017 on the year-over-year data, according to the provisional data from the Campsite Occupancy Survey.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 6.1% on the year-over-year data for September 2017.

25.1% of Catalan companies with 10 employees or more made e-commerce sales in 2016, according to the Survey on the Use of ICT and e-Commerce in Companies 2016-2017.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 3.1% -on a year-over-year basis-; in Catalonia in September 2017.

Unemployment fell in Catalonia by 76,900 people in the third quarter of 2017 with respect to the previous year (-13.9%), standing at 475,600 unemployed people, with an unemployment rate of 12.54%, according to the APS. The number of employed people rose by 92,700 individuals, 2.9% higher than the same period of the previous year, totalling 3,316,600 people. The specific sectors of culture, tourism and ICT grew above the average of Catalonia.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 2.2% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in September 2017.

The number of companies with establishments in Catalonia was 61,.490 on January 1, 2017, which is 2.1% more than a year earlier, according to the Statistics on companies and establishments produced by Idescat on the basis of the INE's Central company directory (DIRCE). With regard to companies with head offices in Catalonia, the number was 608,981, which represents an increase of 2.1% compared to the previous year.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.3% year-over-year for the month of September 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.

Idescat has published the Report on the Evaluation and Justification of Degree of Compliance for the Statistical Plan of Catalonia 2011-2016 on its website.

The Turnover Index for the service sector (IASSVN) increased by a year-over-year 8.9% in Catalonia in August 2017.

The Industrial business volume index (IVNI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered a year-on-year increase of 9.9% in Catalonia in August 2017.

The index of new orders for industry (IECI) for industrial products, excluding energy, registered an inter-annual increase of 2.8% in Catalonia in August 2017.

The average billing per occupied room or Average Daily Rate (ADR) at hotel establishments increased by a year-over-year 7.2% in Catalonia in September 2017 and stood at 93.74 euros.

In 2016, the number of marriages that were held in Catalonia was 28,631, an increase of 3.8% compared to the previous year, according to the provisional data on the Marriages Statistics.

Idescat is joining the celebration of the European Statistics Day (20 October), an initiative led by the European Statistical Advisory Committee, with the support of the European Statistics System and the European System of Central Banks.

28.603 people in 2011 have been granted access to the Spanish citizenship. Foreigners from South America and Central accounted of 70,8% of these grants while foreigners from Africa represents the second largest share of all grants issued (23,3%). The Idescat initiates the diffusion of these statistics by the total of Catalonia and the four provinces.

The growth forecast of Catalan businesses for the fourth quarter of 2017 register a balance of 15.4 points, according to the Business Climate Survey.

The CPI increased by 2.1% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in September 2017.

The Harmonized Business Confidence Index for Catalonia decreased by 2.2% in the fourth from quarter of 2017 in comparison with the previous quarter.

In 2016 as a whole, the number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 4.4% with respect to 2015, according to definitive data.

In 2016 as a whole, the total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia increased by 4.0% and the average daily expenditure person grew a 13.4% with respect to 2015, according to definitive data.

The IPI adjusted by working days increased by 6.8% on a year-over-year basis in Catalonia in August 2017.

Exports grew by 5.0% year-on-year and imports by 9.4% in Catalonia in July 2017.

The number of contributors to Social Security in Catalonia increased by 3.8% in June 2017, with respect to the same period of the previous year, standing at 3,174,998 individuals.

The IVGS at current prices in Catalonia decreased by 1.8% on year-over-year data for August 2017.

The total expenditure made by foreign tourists whose principal destination was Catalonia stood at 2,640 million euro for August 2017, which represented a year-over-year increase of 9.9% compared with the same period a year earlier.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in Catalonia increased by 2.3% on the year-over-year data for August 2017.

The average annual consumer expenditure of Catalan households totalled 30,446 euros per household in 2016, an increase of 0.7% in comparison with the previous year, according to the Statistics on Household Consumer Expenditures.

The number of trips to Catalonia by residents in the rest of Spain showed a 15.5% year-over-year increase in the second quarter of 2017, which meant a total of 1,407,500 trips , 6,023,400 overnight stays, an average stay of 4.3 nights and an expenditure of 517 million euros.

The number of trips made by Catalans increased 24.4% year-over-year in the second quarter 2017. People residing in Catalonia made 8,539.5 thousand trips, involving 24,357.9 thousand overnight stays, an average stay being 2.9 nights, and an expenditure of 1,671 million euros.

The General Retail Trade Indices without service stations, at current prices, increased by 2.2% -on a year-over-year basis-; in Catalonia in August 2017.

In 2016, the number of live births registered in Catalonia amounted to 68,634, representing a decrease of 2.6% in relation to 2015, according to the provisional data of the Births Statistics.

Marc and Martina were once again the most common names for newborn children in 2016.

Idescat has published the dossier "Mobilitat obligada de la població de Catalunya", which is number 21 in the "Dossiers Idescat" collection.

The Industrial Products Price Index increased by 1.7% in year-over-year terms in Catalonia in August 2017.

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 0.5% year-over-year for the month of August 2017, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey.