GDP up by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU
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date: 11/05/2017
See also: European Commission - EUROSTAT
Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU during the first quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU. In the fourth quarter of 2016, GDP had grown by 0.5% in the euro area and by 0.6% in the EU. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 1.7% in the euro area and by 1.9% in the EU in the first quarter of 2017, after +1.8% and +1.9% in the previous quarter.