Traduction de «indicateur économique clé » (Français → Anglais) :

Provide key macroeconomic and social indicators and Principal European Economic Indicators (PEEIs) as a coherent set of indicators addressing the Union and global statistical data requirements and adjust PEEIs to meet evolving users’ needs.

Establish an enhanced analytical surveillance framework (including a scoreboard with specific trigger values for early warning) with appropriate methodological tools and transparency for an effective multilateral surveillance based on harmonised economic indicators (real and nominal), which may affect competitiveness positions and/or excessive imbalances; these key indicators may be: effective real exchange rates, current account, productivity (including resource productivity and total-factor productivity), unit labour costs, credit growth and asset price developments (including financial assets and property markets ...[+++]), the growth and investment rate, the unemployment rate, net foreign asset positions, the evolution of the tax basis, poverty and social cohesion and indicators of environmental externalities; alert thresholds should be defined for indicators included in the scoreboard and all developments in these indicators should be complemented by a qualitative assessment by the Commission,

Table 1: Market potential and key economic indicators of main EU trade partners

Table 1: Market potential and key economic indicators of main EU trade partners

A consumer scoreboard : As an input to the above methodology, a consumer scoreboard will be put in place to monitor performances from the perspective of the consumer and show which markets are failing in terms of economic or social outcomes, using key indicators such as complaints, prices, satisfaction of consumers, switching possibilities and safety, as well as additional sector-specific indicators wherever possible.

Key performances in 2001: Although the general economic indicators deteriorated in 2001, the employment rate continued to increase.