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In the first quarter of 2026, the gross domestic product (GDP), expressed in chain-linked values with reference year 2020, adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects, increased by 0.3% compared to the previous quarter and by 0.8% compared to the first quarter of 2025. GDP estimates realeased last 30 April are revised upward by 0.1 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first quarter of 2025 had one working day less compared to the previous quarter and the same number of working days as the first quarter of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The carry-over annual GDP growth for 2026 is 0.6%, revised upward by 0.1 percentage points since April 30. Compared to the previous quarter, all main components of domestic demand showed a positive growth, with a 0.4% increase in national final consumption and a 0.7% rise in gross fixed capital formation. Exports increased by 2.2% while imports decreased by 0.7%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Domestic demand net of inventories contributed positively by 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth: +0.3 percentage points from final consumption expenditure of households and Private Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households (NPISH), and +0.1 from gross fixed capital formation, while the contribution of general government expenditure was zero. Conversely, the change in inventories contributed negatively to the change in GDP by -1.1 percentage points, which was not fully offset by the positive contribution of net foreign demand, amounting to +0.9 percentage points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A positive quarterly quarter on quarter growth rates were recorded for the added value of services (+0.4%), value added of industry was stationary while that of agriculture decreased by 0.5%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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