Gross Domestic Product generated by the Spanish economy registers a variation 0.7% in the third quarter of 2016 compared to the quarter precedente2 , according to Quarterly GDP advance estimate. This rate is lower than the one recorded in the previous quarter (0.8%). The annual change in GDP in the third quarter of 2016 is 3.2%. The quarterly GDP advance estimate uses the same methodology as that used in the compiling the complete estimate, albeit in a simplified framework