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Laura Olivero

25 April 2024
ECONOMIC BULLETIN - BOX
Economic Bulletin Issue 3, 2024
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Abstract
This box investigates the drivers of the weakness in euro area imports in 2023. After rebounding in mid-2022 as a result of the easing supply bottlenecks for goods and the lifting of mobility restrictions in the aftermath of the pandemic, the euro area imports-to-GDP ratio fell in the first quarter of 2023 and has remained at a lower level since then. We show this is mainly due to the composition of GDP growth following a period characterised by weak exports and consumption. These are two of the most import-intensive components of GDP, in particular exports, owing to the downstream position of the euro area in the supply chain. Destocking also had an important role in the decline, as well as the shift in consumption from goods to services, which are less import intensive.
JEL Code
F14 : International Economics→Trade→Empirical Studies of Trade
E21 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy→Consumption, Saving, Wealth
E22 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Consumption, Saving, Production, Investment, Labor Markets, and Informal Economy→Capital, Investment, Capacity
E32 : Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics→Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles→Business Fluctuations, Cycles