Investment drives euro zone Q4 GDP growth as employment rises

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Euro zone economic growth was driven mainly by investment and rising inventories over the last three months of 2021, data showed on Tuesday, as household consumption dropped because of another wave of Covid-19 infections.confirmed its earlier estimates that gross domestic product in the 19 countries sharing the euro rose 0.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 4.6 per cent year-on-year in the October-December period.

Investment added 0.7 percentage points to the quarterly growth number, inventories a further 0.3 points and government spending 0.1 points. However, household consumption subtracted 0.3 points and net trade took away another 0.6 points. Year-on-year trade also made a negative contribution, but household consumption was the leading growth factor adding 2.8 points to the final growth figure, with investment adding 0.9 points, public spending another 0.6 points and inventories 0.8.

Employment in the last three months of 2021 continued to rise, increasing by 0.5 per cent quarter on quarter and 2.2 per cent year-on-year, Eurostat said. - Reuters

 

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