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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8901

4 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Moderate rise in growth in fourth quarter of 2004, with 0.2% in euro zone and 0.3% in EU25

Brussels, 03/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - With the European Central Bank reviewing its growth forecasts for 2005 and 2006 downwards, figures published by Eurostat on Wednesday for the fourth quarter of 2004 show a moderate increase. Euro zone GDP increased by 0.2% and that of the EU of 25 by 0.3%, as in the previous quarter. Compared to the third quarter of 2003, the increase was 1.6% and 1.9% respectively. Investments grew 1% in both zones and the increase of household expenditure was 0.5% in...

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