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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9993

8 October 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Euro area GDP down 0.2% in second quarter of 2009 - 0.3% drop in EU

Brussels, 07/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - During the second quarter of 2009, euro area GDP fell by 0.2% and EU27 GDP by 0.3% compared with the previous quarter, according to information published by Eurostat on Wednesday 7 October, correcting its previous estimates (when it forecast falls of 0.1% and 0.2% respectively). In the first quarter of 2009, growth rates were -2.5% in the euro area and -2.4% in the EU27. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP...

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