Seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 0.4% and the number of people employed by 0.3% in the euro area in the first quarter of this year, according to a flash estimate by the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) on Wednesday 15 May.
Compared to the last quarter of 2018, GDP growth is up by 0.2 percentage points (see EUROPE B12194A31). In the European Union, seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 0.5% over the same period, compared with 0.3% in the previous quarter. Compared with the first...