The Greek economy grew by 2.3 pct in the third quarter of 2019 compared with the same period in 2018, while Greek GDP grew 0.6 pct compared with the second quarter of 2019, the Hellenic Statistical Authority announced in provisional figures released on Thursday, according to ANA.
More specifically, the 2.3 pct growth rate reflected a 0.5 pct rise in final consumption spending (household consumption rose 0.2 pct while general government consumption eased 0.5 pct), private investments (gross fixed capital investments) rose 2.0 pct, exports of goods and services rose 9.5 pct (exports of goods increased 6.2 pct and exports of services jumped 14.5 pct), while imports of goods and services fell 2.9 pct (imports of goods fell 4.9 pct and imports of services rose 8.6 pct).
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