The seasonally adjusted government deficit rose by 0.5 percentage points between the third and fourth quarters of 2018 in the euro area, while the government debt ratio fell by 1.3 percentage points over the same period, according to figures published by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Wednesday 24 April.
The average seasonally adjusted government deficit in the euro area stood at 1.0% of GDP in the last quarter of last year, compared with 0.5% of GDP in the...