Quarterly national accounts

In the second quarter of 2019 the seasonally and calendar adjusted, chained volume measure of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was stable with respect to the previous quarter and decreased by 0.1% in comparison with the second quarter of 2018.

Compared to previous quarter, final consumption expenditure remained stable, gross fixed capital formation increased by +1.9 per cent, imports and exports by +1.1 per cent and +1.0 per cent respectively.

With respect to the second quarter of 2018, final consumption expenditure increased by +0.2 per cent, gross fixed capital formation by +1.5 per cent, imports by +1.2 per cent, and exports by +3.8 per cent.

The carry-over annual GDP growth for 2019 is null.