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0.6% growth of GDP in Eurozone and EU in second quarter

Brussels, 21/08/2017 (Agence Europe)

Seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 0.6% in the Eurozone and in the European Union as a whole (EU 28) in the second quarter of 2017, according to a flash estimate published by the statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Wednesday 16 August.

These growth rates are slightly higher than those of the first quarter of 2017, both of which stood at 0.5% of GDP. These figures confirm a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat on 1 August (see EUROPE 11841). Between the second...