In 2020, the price for wet wipes more than doubled compared to 2019. At the same time, because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Romania, prices for medical alcohol, as well as disinfectant increased by 76 percent and 53 percent respectively. On the other hand, prices for alcoholic drinks and toilet paper had a drop of at least ten percent. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

On September 29, 2025, the Brent crude oil price stood at 66.8 U.S. dollars per barrel, compared to 63.45 U.S. dollars for WTI oil and 70.48 U.S. dollars for the OPEC basket. Oil prices rose slightly that week.Europe's Brent crude oil, the U.S. WTI crude oil, and OPEC's basket are three of the most important benchmarks used by traders as reference for global oil and gasoline prices. Lowest ever oil prices during coronavirus pandemic In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic resulted in crude oil prices hitting a major slump as oil demand drastically declined following lockdowns and travel restrictions. Initial outlooks and uncertainty surrounding the course of the pandemic brought about a disagreement between two of the largest oil producers, Russia and Saudi Arabia, in early March. Bilateral talks between global oil producers ended in agreement on April 13th, with promises to cut petroleum output and hopes rising that these might help stabilize the oil price in the coming weeks. However, with storage facilities and oil tankers quickly filling up, fears grew over where to store excess oil, leading to benchmark prices seeing record negative prices between April 20 and April 22, 2020. How crude oil prices are determined As with most commodities, crude oil prices are impacted by supply and demand, as well as inventories and market sentiment. However, as oil is most often traded in future contracts (where a contract is agreed upon while product delivery will follow in the next two to three months), market speculation is one of the principal determinants for oil prices. Traders make conclusions on how production output and consumer demand will likely develop over the coming months, leaving room for uncertainty. Spot prices differ from futures in so far as they reflect the current market price of a commodity.

Eggs US fell to 1.10 USD/Dozen on October 7, 2025, down 3.51% from the previous day. Over the past month, Eggs US's price has fallen 49.39%, and is down 47.82% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Eggs US.

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) gives comparable measures of inflation for the countries and country groups for which it is produced. It is an economic indicator that measures the change over time of the prices of consumer goods and services acquired by households. In other words, it is a set of consumer price indices (CPIs) calculated according to a harmonised approach and a set of definitions as laid down in Regulations and Recommendations.

In addition, the HICP provides the official measure of consumer price inflation in the euro area for the purposes of monetary policy and the assessment of inflation convergence as required under the Maastricht criteria for accession to the euro.

The HICP is available for all EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. In addition to the individual country series there are three country groups: the euro area (EA), the European Union (EU), and the European Economic Area (EEA), the latter covering Iceland and Norway, in addition to the EU. Liechtenstein does not produce HICP and is therefore not included in the EEA HICP aggregate.

The official indices for the country-groups reflect the changing country composition of the EA, the EU and the EEA. The HICP for new Member States is chained into the aggregate indices at the time of accession. For analytical purposes Eurostat also computes country-group indices with stable country composition over time.

HICP for Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye (candidate countries), as well as Kosovo (^*) are also published. Their data is flagged with 'd' ('definition differs'), given that its conformity with the methodological HICP requirements has not been evaluated by Eurostat.

A proxy-HICP for the all-items index and main headings is also available for the USA.

National HICPs are produced by National Statistical Institutes (NSIs), while country-group indices (EU, EA and EEA) are produced by Eurostat.

The data are released monthly in Eurostat's database and include price indices and rates of change (monthly, annual and 12-month moving average changes). In addition to the headline 'all-items HICP', over 400 sub-indices for different goods and services and over 30 special aggregates are available, including the HICP at administered prices (HICP-AP).

Every year, with the release of the January data, the relative weights for the indices and the special aggregates (item weights) as well as the individual countries' weight within the country groups (country weights) are published.

The composition of the HICP for administered prices (HICP-AP), i.e. which sub-indices are classified as mainly or fully administered by each Member State, is updated at the same time (more information on HICP-AP can be found under the Specific topics on the web page: Information on data - Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) - Eurostat (europa.eu) (#HICP - administered prices).

Eurostat publishes early estimates, called 'flash estimate', of the euro area overall inflation rate and selected components. These are published monthly, usually on the last working day of the reference month.

The HICP at constant tax rates (HICP-CT) is also published every month and follows the same computation principles as the HICP, but is based on prices at constant tax rates. The comparison with the standard HICP can show the potential impact of changes in indirect taxes, such as value-added tax (VAT) and excise duties, on the overall inflation (more information can be found in the 'HICP-CT Reference methodology document').

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Flags used in the Eurostat online database provide information about the status of the data or a specific data value. The list of used flags can be found in the web page Database - Eurostat (europa.eu), above the tree, through the 'i' box 'information on the database' and then 'Flags and special values' topic.

(*) Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99.

Gold rose to 4,043.99 USD/t.oz on October 8, 2025, up 1.46% from the previous day. Over the past month, Gold's price has risen 11.49%, and is up 55.04% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Gold - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

Wheat rose to 507.44 USd/Bu on October 8, 2025, up 0.14% from the previous day. Over the past month, Wheat's price has fallen 2.46%, and is down 15.28% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Wheat - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

Data used in the paper "The emergence of critical stocks in market crash".1.
The '2015bipartite.graphml' and '2015-1_fund_stock.graphml' contains the stock networks established by the mutual funds holding data on Jun 30, 2015. While the first file has the mutual funds holding values grouped by the labels of mutual fund companies, the second one uses mutual funds holding values directly. The original data of mutual funds holding are provided by Wind Information, which is not publicly available due to Wind’s license requirement.

1. The ‘stock_style.csv’ describes which kind of investment style a stock belongs to, which is also downloaded from Wind Information.

2. The series of files named as ‘first to low *.csv’ includes the stocks which reach their limit down prices. The timing of stocks reaching limit down prices are calculated from the intraday price data provided by Thomson Reuters’ Tick History. The information of whether a stock reached its limit down price is provides by Wind Information. The original price trends data is not publicly available due to the company’s license requirement.

This table contains consumer prices for electricity and gas. Weighted average monthly prices are published broken down into transport rate, delivery rates and taxes, both including and excluding VAT. These prices are published on a monthly basis.

Data available from: January 2021

Status of the figures: When first published, the figures are provisional. These will become definitive with the following month’s publication.

Changes compared with previous version: Data on the most recent period have been added and/or adjustments have been implemented.

When will new figures be published? New figures will usually be published between the first and second Thursday of the month.

In Q1 2025, the ceramic proppant market in the USA witnessed a mixed price trend, shaped by fluctuating crude oil prices, shifting demand patterns, and ongoing geopolitical tensions. Early in the quarter, declining crude oil prices led to reduced hydraulic fracturing activity, softening demand for ceramic proppants and putting downward pressure on prices. The slowdown in upstream oil and gas investment contributed to weaker market sentiment, particularly as oil producers cut back on fracking operations in response to price volatility. However, as the quarter progressed, market dynamics began to shift.

Crude Oil rose to 62.42 USD/Bbl on October 8, 2025, up 1.12% from the previous day. Over the past month, Crude Oil's price has fallen 0.33%, and is down 14.77% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Crude Oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

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The Libyan first-aid kit market contracted notably to $280K in 2024, which is down by -36.4% against the previous year. This figure reflects the total revenues of producers and importers (excluding logistics costs, retail marketing costs, and retailers' margins, which will be included in the final consumer price). Over the period under review, consumption recorded a deep setback.

Graph and download economic data for Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States (MSPUS) from Q1 1963 to Q2 2025 about sales, median, housing, and USA.

In Q1 2025, Tetrahydrofuran (THF) prices in the U.S. experienced a generally stable trend, driven by weak demand from key sectors like PTMEG and spandex, alongside fluctuating feedstock costs. The quarter began with stagnation in early January as reduced downstream activity, particularly in the spandex industry, coupled with falling butanediol prices, led to softer pricing. By mid-quarter, slight price upticks were observed as feedstock costs stabilized, although the overall demand outlook remained cautious due to slower domestic manufacturing and macroeconomic uncertainties.

Brent rose to 66.10 USD/Bbl on October 8, 2025, up 0.99% from the previous day. Over the past month, Brent's price has fallen 0.44%, and is down 13.69% compared to the same time last year, according to trading on a contract for difference (CFD) that tracks the benchmark market for this commodity. Brent crude oil - values, historical data, forecasts and news - updated on October of 2025.

Why did the Styrene Price Change in July 2025? Styrene price index in USA showed a volatile trend in Q2 2025, with prices first declining in April before rebounding sharply in late May and then stabilizing in June.

Ripple, or XRP, prices surged in 2021 but went down significantly as 2022 progressed. As of October 6, 2025, one XRP token was worth 2.97 U.S. dollars. Ethereum's price, for example, kept on reaching new all-time highs, a feat not performed by XRP. Indeed, XRP's price spikes followed relatively late - only occurring in early 2021, against late 2020 for most other cryptos - after the US SEC filed a legal complaint against Ripple in November 2020. This legal action caused the XRP price to plummet from around 0.70 U.S. dollars to 0.20 U.S. dollars.Ripple versus XRP: two become oneTechnically speaking, Ripple is not a cryptocurrency. Renamed from a protocol called OpenCoin in 2013, Ripple facilitates open-source payments. XRP, on the other hand, is the cryptocurrency that runs on this network. In that sense, Ripple and XRP have a similar symbiosis to each other, like the Ethereum network and its cryptocurrency, Ether. Unlike Ethereum - whose price changes are connected to the world of Decentralized Finance or DeFI - Ripple/XRP mostly looks at developments in cross-border payments for companies. In 2020, companies worldwide began to favor fintech solutions for future B2B solutions and, in a way, Ripple is an extension of that.What affects the price of Ripple?Ripple is mostly active in Southeast Asia - a region with a splintered payment landscape and that heavily investigates its own types of state-issued cryptocurrency to make cross-border payments a lot easier. Price spikes tend to follow news on this topic in this specific region. In 2019, for example, the XRP price grew after Japan and South Korea began testing to reduce time and costs for transferring international funds between the two countries. In March 2021, Ripple announced that it had agreed to acquire 40 percent of Malaysian cross-border payments firm Tranglo to meet growing demand in Southeast Asia.

Key information about House Prices Growth

• US house prices grew 5.2% YoY in Dec 2024, following an increase of 5.4% YoY in the previous quarter.
• YoY growth data is updated quarterly, available from Mar 1992 to Dec 2024, with an average growth rate of 5.4%.
• House price data reached an all-time high of 17.7% in Sep 2021 and a record low of -12.4% in Dec 2008.