Tag: statistics
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Judge me by my trading volume
The Chairman of Malta Stock Exchange, Joseph Portelli, has recently landed in hot water (or actually, in the press), for being a board member of OKX’s subsidiary in Malta, while its subsidiary was being investigated by the FIAU for KYC violations. Joseph Portelli, not the Joseph Portelli the property mogul, (but coincidentally, also a Gozitan),…
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Malta’s undocumented Chinese oil imports
The Maltese Herald is conducting a new investigation about Malta’s Chinese oil imports. We noted significant discrepancies from China’s declared oil exports to Malta and the figures provided by the National Statistics Office. We are still trying to understand these discrepancies. Malta has become a major oil trading hub in the Mediterranean with wholesale oil…
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Eurostat releases flash inflation estimate lower than expected at 2.2%
Ina surprise announcement, Eurostat released a flash estimate of inflation for March lower than expected at 2.2%. The expected figure was 2.3%. Services inflation for March is estimated at 3.4%, lower than the 3.7% figure of February. Food inflation was higher at 2.9% with February food inflation registering 2.7%. European stock markets climbed upwards following…
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At least 2692 women reported that they were victims of domestic violence or made use of related services last year
Statistics released by the National statistics Office show that up to 2692 women filed a report or made use a service about domestic violence in 2023. Around 800 males also filed domestic violence reports or used related social services. Most of the women filing reports were aged between 30 and 49, while women under the…
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Only 10% of tenants are Maltese
According to the latest Quarterly Review Report of Q1 of the Central Bank of Malta, only 10% of tenants in Malta are Maltese with the rest being foreigners. 17% are EU nationals and 73% are third-country nationals. 64% of tenants are males at an average age of 37 tears with 91% of tenants working full-time…
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There are surveys made by people and then there are actual statistics counted by neutral and accurate software
The Broadcasting Authority has released its latest viewership survey. We have once again been listed as a broadcasting entity for aduiovisual content. I find this categorisation strange since we have only very little of audiovisual content of our own. Note, that I am not complaining about this. Instead of seeing such an oversight as a…
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We have 2% of the online press market share and we are battling Net News in position (with stats comparison)
In terms of visitors, this website has gained nearly 2% of the online market share of readers of the online press in terms of monthly visitors. We may have got ahead of Net News in June since visitors increased in June, and the statistics below that are compared to others are only till May. In…
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What audiovisual content?
I don’t understand why the Broadcasting Authority listed me under audiovisual content in their survey of 20123 given that I have barely produced any audiovisual content in 2023. Strangely, I am not listed in the news section along with the other news sites. In 2023, this website received 511,214 unique visitors and 3,156,605 views. Mark…
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Some statistics of thise site for 2023
This was a great year for this website and I look forward to further growth next year. I’m deeply thankful for my readers and my team at Dar Camilleri. 3,318,693 page views. 509,501 unique visitors. 1,213 posts. Most visited from: 1) Malta 2) The United Kingdom 3) Italy 4) United States 5) Belgium Largest external traffic…
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Some context on today’s GDP statistics
Robert Abela is quick to declare victory laps but it is important to give some context to the 3.9% growth rate registered in Q2 before assuming that things are all fine. Apart from the seasonality aspect of the figure, the statistics also showed slowing local consumption, paired with European recessionary vibes. The growth rate is…