Growth in foreign trade & investment for Euro area & EU27
12 Jan '08
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Growth of gross fixed capital formation varied between -5.2% in Malta and +6.0% in the Netherlands. Exports grew most strongly in Lithuania (+7.4%) while Estonia (-5.0%) recorded the largest decrease. Imports rose the most in Malta (+9.4%) while they fell the most in Estonia (-2.2%).
US GDP up by 1.2%, Japanese GDP up by 0.4%: Among the main partners of the EU, GDP grew by 1.2% in the US in the third quarter of 2007 (after +0.9% in the previous quarter). In Japan GDP increased by 0.4% in the third quarter of 2007 (-0.5% in the previous quarter).
Compared with the third quarter of 2006, GDP rose by 2.8% in the US (+1.9% in the previous quarter) and by 2.0% in Japan (+1.6% in the previous quarter).