GDP up 2.3 per cent in first quarter

The Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter this year was up by 2.3 per cent, provisional estimates released by the National Statistics Office show. Growth in value-added during the first quarter was registered in hotels and restaurants, wholesale...

The Gross Domestic Product in the first quarter this year was up by 2.3 per cent, provisional estimates released by the National Statistics Office show. Growth in value-added during the first quarter was registered in hotels and restaurants, wholesale and retail, sub-sectors of manufacturing, transport, storage and communication, real estate, renting and business activities, mining and quarrying, education in health, agriculture and fishing and other community, social and personal service activities. A drop was registered in the electricity, gas and water supply sector, while the financial intermediation, construction and public administration ­sectors remained practically unchanged.

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