In the Azores, bank card purchases using POS reached a total value of 144,7 million euros in January, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%. Withdrawals at ATM reached an amount of 42.6 million euros, a year-on-year decrease of 3.0%.

Food sales by large multiple retailers presented in January a year-on-year monthly change rate of +4.41%, at constant prices, and +9.79% at current prices.

4th Quarterly 2023 Bulletin.

In December 2023, gross total average earnings by worker in the Azores were 1,619 Euros, 110 euros more than in the same month in 2022.

In January 2024, in the Azores, 265.0 tons of fish were unloaded at auction, with a total value of 1.9 million euros.

In December 2023, the Azorean Economic Activity Indicator stood at 1,4%.

The Private Consumption Indicator for the Azores recorded a year-on-year positive variation of 0,2% in December.

Azorean tourism accommodation sector (hotels and similar establishments, lodging tourism and local accommodation and tourism in rural areas) registered 120.6 thousand overnight stays in December 2023.

The average inflation rate in the Azores got down to 4.47%, in the Country it was 3.82%. The year-on-year monthly change rate was 2.43% in Azores and the National was 2.30%. The monthly rate was 0.02% in Azores and 0.01% in the Country.

In January 2024, 108,818 passengers landed at airports in the Azores, with a negative variation of 0.1% in relation to the same month of the previous year.