Seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 0.4% in both the euro area (EA19) and the EU28 during the second quarter of 2018, compared with the previous quarter, according to a flash estimate published by Eurostat.

In the first quarter of 2018, GDP had also grown by 0.4% both in the euro area and in the EU28. Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP rose by 2.2% in both the euro area and the EU28 in the second quarter of 2018, after +2.5% and +2.4% respectively in the previous quarter.