In the first quarter of 2020, when Member States began to widely introduce COVID-19 containment measures in March 2020, the business profit share dropped to 37.9% in the euro area, compared with 39.6% in the previous quarter. This decline of the business profit share is the highest since the beginning of the series in 1999.
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Household saving rate all time high at 16.9% in the euro area while household investment rate down to 8.7%
The household saving rate in the euro area was at 16.9% in the first quarter of 2020, when Member States began to widely introduce COVID-19 containment measures in March 2020, compared with 12.7% in the fourth quarter of 2019. This was the highest increase since the beginning of the series in 1999.