Preliminary flash estimate for the second quarter of 2017 – GDP up by 0.6% in both the euro area and the EU28 – +2.1% and +2.2% respectively compared with the second quarter of 2016

Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.6% in both the euro area (EA19) and in the EU28 during the second quarter of 2017, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the first quarter of 2017, GDP had grown by 0.5% in both zones.

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