The profit share of non-financial corporations in the Eurozone is growing. This was revealed by Eurostat, which specifies how, in the third quarter of 2013, the percentage of profits of businesses in the currency union rose from 37,7% in the previous three months to 37,9%. In the European Union as a whole, the same share remained stable at 36,9% over the previous three months.
In the same period there was a slight decrease in the business investment rate in the Eurozone, from 19,2% in the second quarter to 19%. According to Eurostat this decrease would be the synthesis of a decrease in investments (-0,9%) and an increase in gross value added (+0,4%).
Total inventories (materials, supplies and finished products) are growing. Looking at the EU as a whole, the investment rate remained stable at 18,9% over the second quarter.
