Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU during the second quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the EU statistical office. In the first quarter of 2017, GDP grew by 0.5% in both areas. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 2.3% in the euro area and by 2.4% in the EU in the second quarter of 2017, after +2.0% and +2.1% respectively in the previous quarter.