Flash estimate for the third quarter of 2012 GDP down by 0.1% in the euro area and up by 0.1% in the EU27 -0.6% and -0.4% respectively compared with the third quarter of 2011

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19-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — GDP fell by 0.1% in the euro area1 (EA17) and increased by 0.1% in the EU271 during the third quarter of 2012, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the second quarter of 2012, growth rates were -0.2% in both zones.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP fell by 0.6% in the euro area and by 0.4% in the EU27 in the third quarter of 2012, after -0.4% and -0.3% respectively in the previous quarter.

During the third quarter of 2012, GDP increased by 0.5% in the United States compared with the previous quarter (after +0.3% in the second quarter of 2012) and fell by 0.9% in Japan (after +0.1%).

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, GDP rose by 2.3% in the United States (after +2.1% in the previous quarter) and by 0.2% inJapan (after +3.4%).

  • The euro area (EA17) includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

The EU27 includes Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Summary quality information

European quarterly national accounts are compiled in accordance with the European System of Accounts 1995 (ESA95). The flash estimate of third quarter 2012 GDP growth presented in this release is based on Member States’ data as available, covering 98% of EA17 GDP (90% of EU27 GDP). For more details of the flash methodology please refer to News Release 55/2003 of 15 May 2003.

Simulations and previously published flash estimates have shown the flash estimation procedure to be reliable. Over the last 47 quarters, the flash estimate of GDP growth on the previous quarter for the euro area (EA12) when compared to the following release has led to an average revision of less than 0.01 percentage points. It correctly anticipated the acceleration or deceleration of growth 43 times. The value of the growth rate was correctly anticipated 41 times and differed by ±0.1 percentage points 6 times.

With this flash estimate, euro area and EU GDP figures for earlier quarters are not revised, so the growth rates till the second quarter 2012, released on 5 October 2012, remain unchanged. All figures presented in this release may be revised with the two further estimates of GDP for the third quarter 2012, scheduled for 6 December 2012 and 9 January 2013. As already announced, the flash and second estimates are published as News Releases, while the third estimate is only published in the Eurostat database. First estimates for National Accounts employment in the third quarter 2012 are scheduled for 14 December 2012.

Issued by: Eurostat Press Office

Tim ALLEN

Tel: +352-4301-33 444

eurostat-pressoffice@ec.europa.eu

Eurostat news releases on the internet:

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat

 For further information on data:

Christine GERSTBERGER

Tel: +352-4301-30 175

Tomas DUCHON

Tel: +352-4301-32 383

estat-gdp-query@ec.europa.eu

Selected Principal European Economic Indicators: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/euroindicators

Growth rates of GDP in volume

(based on seasonally adjusted* data)

Percentage change compared with the previous quarter Percentage change compared with the same quarter of the previous year
2011 2012 2011 2012
Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
EA17 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.0 -0.4 -0.6
EU27 -0.3 0.0 -0.2 0.1 0.8 0.1 -0.3 -0.4
Member States
Belgium -0.1 0.2 -0.5 0.0 0.9 0.4 -0.3 -0.3
Bulgaria 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.5
Czech Republic -0.2 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3 0.6 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5
Denmark -0.3 0.4 -0.4 : 0.1 0.3 -0.6 :
Germany -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 1.9 1.2 1.0 0.9
Estonia 0.8 0.4 0.6 1.7 6.1 3.8 2.9 3.4
Ireland 0.6 -0.7 0.0 : 2.9 1.5 -0.5 :
Greece** : : : : -7.9 -6.7 -6.3 -7.2
Spain -0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.7 -1.4 -1.6
France 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.2 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.1
Italy -0.7 -0.8 -0.7 -0.2 -0.5 -1.4 -2.4 -2.4
Cyprus -0.3 -0.6 -0.9 -0.5 -0.8 -1.7 -2.5 -2.3
Latvia 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.7 5.9 5.6 4.8 5.3
Lithuania 1.0 0.3 0.6 1.3 5.6 4.2 3.2 3.3
Luxembourg -0.4 0.1 0.4 : 0.2 0.1 0.8 :
Hungary 0.1 -1.1 -0.4 -0.2 1.2 -1.3 -1.4 -1.6
Malta -0.7 -0.3 1.3 : -0.5 -1.0 0.9 :
Netherlands*** -0.7 0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.4 -1.0 -0.4 -1.4
Austria**** 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 1.1 0.7 0.4 0.4
Poland 0.9 0.6 0.4 : 4.2 3.6 2.5 :
Portugal -1.4 -0.1 -1.1 -0.8 -3.0 -2.3 -3.2 -3.4
Romania 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.5 -2.3 -0.9 -1.1 0.8
Slovenia -1.1 0.0 -1.0 : -1.0 -0.7 -2.2 :
Slovakia 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.6 3.2 2.9 2.6 2.5
Finland -0.8 0.8 -1.1 0.3 0.9 1.9 0.1 -0.8
Sweden -1.1 0.7 0.7 : 1.2 1.4 1.3 :
United Kingdom -0.4 -0.3 -0.4 1.0 0.7 -0.1 -0.5 0.0
EFTA countries
Iceland 3.6 0.3 -6.5 : 3.3 3.3 1.4 :
Norway 0.5 1.5 1.2 : 1.8 4.2 4.8 :
Switzerland 0.4 0.5 -0.1 : 0.9 1.2 0.6 :
Main economic partners
United States 1.0 0.5 0.3 0.5 2.0 2.4 2.1 2.3
Japan -0.3 1.3 0.1 -0.9 -0.6 2.7 3.4 0.2

: Data not available.

* The seasonal adjustment includes a working-day correction for the following Member States: Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Estonia, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovenia, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

** Percentage change compared to the same quarter of the previous year calculated from non-seasonally adjusted data. More information can be found on the website of the Greek Statistical Office:

http://www.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/BUCKET/A0704/PressReleases/A0704_SEL84_DT_QQ_02_2011_01_P_EN.pdf

*** Percentage change compared to the same quarter of the previous year calculated from working-day adjusted data.

**** Growth rates are calculated using the trend component.

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