Eurozone gross domestic product (GDP) finally avoids falling into technical recessionThis shows the economy has experienced two consecutive quarters of declines in activity after the fourth quarter will stagnate after a 0.1% contraction in the third quarterAccording to preliminary data published by Eurostat.
Following the 0.1% contraction in the third quarter across the European Union, activity came to a halt in the fourth quarter, thus preventing a technical recession.
Compared to the fourth quarter of 2022, Eurozone GDP increased by 0.1%27’s increased by 0.2%.
between countries eurozoneThe highest growth rate occurred in the fourth quarter Portugal leads with 0.8%, ahead of Spain with 0.6% and Belgium and Latvia both with 0.4%..
On the contrary, The worst development in the last quarter of 2023 was recorded in Ireland (-0.7%), as well as in Germany and Lithuania (-0.3% in both cases).).
Like this, According to the first estimate of annual growth for 2023, the GDP of the eurozone and the EU as a whole increased by 0.5%In 2022, it grew by 3.5 percent in the euro bloc and 3.4 percent in the Twenty-Seven.
Among the major economies of the euro area While Spain stands out with an average growth of 2.5 percent in 2023, the French economy grew by 0.9 percent% and Italy’s 0.7%. In the case of Germany, the GDP of Europe’s largest economy contracted by 0.3%.
Outside Europe, on the other side of the Atlantic, US GDP increased by 0.8% in the fourth quarterkeeping it at a modest four-tenths compared to the third quarter’s 1.2% growth.
The world’s largest economy recorded growth of 2.5% in all of 2023, six-tenths above the 1.9% growth in 2022, despite the Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening monetary policy.
In the case of China, GDP would increase by 5.2% in all of 2023It accelerated significantly from 3% growth in 2022, when the world’s second-largest economy was slowed by measures to contain Covid-19.