Preliminary flash estimate for the third quarter of 2018 – GDP up by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.3% the EU28 – +1.7% and +1.9% respectively compared with the third quarter of 2017

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Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.2% in the euro area (EA19) and by 0.3% in the EU28 during the third quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, according to a preliminary flash estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the second quarter of 2018, GDP had grown by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% the EU28.

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