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<html><head></head><body><meta property="article:published_time" content="2026-08-14T09:00:00Z"><div class="ecl-page-header__info ">
<div class="ecl-page-header__meta ">
<span class="ecl-page-header__meta-item">Euro indicators</span>
<span class="ecl-page-header__meta-item">
14 August 2026
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<span class="ecl-page-header__meta-item">Next release: 13 November 2026</span>
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<span class="ecl-label ecl-label--highlight ecl-u-mb-m ecl-u-mt-m ecl-u-mt-m-none">GDP and employment flash estimates for the second quarter of 2026</span>
<h1 class="ecl-page-header__title ecl-u-mt-none ecl-u-mb-l ">
GDP up by 0.4% and employment up by 0.1% in the euro area
</h1>
</div><p>In the second quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in the <strong>euro</strong> <strong>area</strong> and by 0.5% in the <strong>EU</strong>, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by <strong>Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union</strong>. In the first quarter of 2026, GDP had remained stable in the <strong>euro</strong> <strong>area</strong> and had increased by 0.1% in the <strong>EU</strong>.</p><p><img class="chart"></p><p>Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 1.0% in the <strong>euro area</strong> and by 1.2% in the <strong>EU</strong> in the second quarter of 2026, after +0.5% in the <strong>euro area</strong> and +0.8% in the <strong>EU</strong> in the previous quarter.</p><p><img class="chart"></p><p>During the second quarter of 2026, GDP in the <strong>United States</strong> increased by 0.4% compared to the previous quarter (after +0.5% in the first quarter of 2026). Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, GDP increased by 2.1% (after +2.7% in the previous quarter).</p><p>The number of employed persons increased by 0.1% in both the <strong>euro area</strong> and the <strong>EU</strong> in the second quarter of 2026, compared with the previous quarter. In the first quarter of 2026, employment had increased by 0.1% in the <strong>euro area</strong> and had remained stable in the <strong>EU</strong>.</p><p><img class="chart"></p><p>Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, employment increased by 0.5% in both the <strong>euro area</strong> and the <strong>EU</strong> in the second quarter of 2026, after +0.5% in the <strong>euro area</strong> and +0.6% in the <strong>EU</strong> in the first quarter of 2026.</p><p><img class="chart"></p><p>These data provide a picture of labour input consistent with the output and income measures of national accounts.</p><table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="title"><p>Growth rates of employment in persons</p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="datalabel"><p></p></th>
<th class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>Percentage change compared with the previous quarter (based on seasonally adjusted data)</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>Percentage change compared with the same quarter of the previous year (based on unadjusted data)</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="datalabel"><p></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q3</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q4</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q1</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>2026Q2</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q3</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q4</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q1</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q2</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header highlight"><p><strong>Euro area</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right highlight"><p><strong>0.1</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p><strong>0.5</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header highlight"><p><strong>EU</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right highlight"><p><strong>0.1</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p><strong>0.5</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="footer notes"><p><span>Source datasets: </span><a><span>tec00108</span></a><span> (quarterly change), </span><a><span>teina305</span></a><span> (annual change) and </span><a><span>tec00109</span></a><span> (levels)</span></p><p><img></p></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th class="title"><p>Growth rates of GDP in volume</p><p>(based on seasonally adjusted* data)</p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="datalabel"><p></p></th>
<th class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>Percentage change compared with the previous quarter</strong></p></th>
<th class=" datalabel "><p><strong>Percentage change compared with the same quarter of the previous year</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="datalabel"><p></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q3</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q4</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q1</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>2026Q2</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q3</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2025Q4</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q1</strong></p></th>
<th class="datalabel"><p><strong>2026Q2</strong></p></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header highlight"><p><strong>Euro area</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right highlight"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p><strong>1.0</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="highlight vertical-header"><p><strong>EU</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right highlight"><p><strong>0.5</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>1.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>1.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel highlight"><p><strong>1.2</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Belgium</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.0</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>0.5</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Bulgaria</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.6</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.7</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Czechia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.0</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Denmark</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>4.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>6.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Germany</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.2</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>0.9</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Estonia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.1</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Ireland***</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-3.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-7.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>3.9</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>5.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-13.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>-5.6</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Greece</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Spain</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.7</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.7</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>France</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.2</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>0.7</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Croatia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Italy</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.2</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>1.0</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Cyprus</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.8</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>4.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>3.3</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Latvia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Lithuania</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>1.7</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>3.8</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Luxembourg</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Hungary</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>1.6</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Malta</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>4.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>4.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Netherlands**</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>1.3</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Austria</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.0</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>0.8</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Poland</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.9</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>4.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>3.7</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Portugal</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.8</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.5</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Romania</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-1.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.0</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-1.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>-2.0</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Slovenia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>1.8</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>3.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Slovakia</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.2</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>0.8</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Finland**</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>0.9</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.5</strong></p></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Sweden**</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.9</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>1.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.8</strong></p></td>
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<th class="vertical-header border-top"><p><strong>Iceland</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>1.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>-0.8</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>3.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right border-top"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>2.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>3.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
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<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Norway</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>1.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>:</strong></p></td>
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<th class="vertical-header"><p><strong>Switzerland</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel"><p>-0.4</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.2</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right"><p><strong>1.9</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p>0.6</p></td>
<td class="datalabel"><p><strong>2.3</strong></p></td>
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<th class="vertical-header border-top"><p><strong>United States</strong></p></th>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>1.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>0.1</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>0.5</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-right border-top"><p><strong>0.4</strong></p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>2.3</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>2.0</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p>2.7</p></td>
<td class="datalabel border-top"><p><strong>2.1</strong></p></td>
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<td class="footer notes"><p><span>: Data not available</span></p><p><span>* Growth rates to the previous quarter and to the same quarter of the previous year presented in this table are both based on seasonally and calendar adjusted figures, except where indicated. Unadjusted data are not available for all Member States which are included in GDP flash estimates.</span></p><p><span>** Percentage change compared with the same quarter of the previous year calculated from calendar adjusted data.</span></p><p><span>*** Irish GDP flash estimate is categorised as a </span><a><span>CSO Frontier Series Output</span></a><span>. Particular care must be taken when interpreting the statistics as it may use new methods which are under development and/or data sources which may be incomplete, for example new administrative data sources.</span></p><p><span>Source datasets: </span><a><span>namq_10_gdp</span></a></p><p><span><img></span></p></td>
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