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Europe Gross Domestic Product -GDP- grew by 0.4% in the euro area (EA16) and by 0.2% in the Europe 27 during the third quarter of this year, compared with the previous quarter, according to flash estimates available by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In the second quarter of this year, development rates were -0.2% in the euro area and -0.3% in the EU27.

When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted Gross Domestic Product -GDP- decreased by 4.1% in the euro area and by 4.3% in the Europe 27 in the third quarter of 2009, after -4.8% and -4.9% respectively in the previous quarter.

All through the third quarter of this year, US Gross Domestic Product -GDP- increased by 0.9% when compared with the previous quarter, after -0.2% in the second quarter. US Gross Domestic Product -GDP- decreased by 2.3% when comparedwith the same quarter of the preceding year (-3.8% in the preceding quarter).

1. The eurozone (officially the euro area) is an economic and monetary union (EMU) of 16 Europe member states which have adopted the euro currency as their sole legal tender. The euro zone (EA16) consists of Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.

2. The European Union (EU) is an economic and political union of 27 member states located primarily in Europe.
The EU27 includes the following countries:
Austria (AT) (EA16),
Belgium (BE) (EA16),
Bulgaria (BG),
Cyprus (CY) (EA16),
Czech Republic (CZ),
Denmark (DK),
Germany (DE) (EA16),
Estonia (EE),
Ireland (IE) (EA16),
Greece (EL) (EA16),
Spain (ES) (EA16),
Finland (FI) (EA16),
France (FR) (EA16),
Hungary (HU),
Italy (IT) (EA16),
Latvia (LV),
Lithuania (LT),
Luxembourg (LU) (EA16),
Malta (MT) (EA16),
Netherlands (NL) (EA16),
Poland (PL) (EA16),
Portugal (PT),
Romania (RO),
Sweden (SE)
Slovenia (SI) (EA16),
Slovakia (SK) (EA16),
United Kingdom (UK).

Volume of retail trade EU27 August 09.

Total retail trade -0.4%
Food, drinks, tobacco -0.5%
Textiles, clothing, footwear -2.1%
Electrical goods and furniture -0.4%
Computer equipment, books and other -0.4%
Pharmaceutical and medical goods 0.3%
Mail orders and internet -1.5%
Automotive fuel in specialised stores -1.6%

Annual inflation rates (in %), September 2009.

Ireland -3%
Portugal -1.8%
Estonia -1.7%
Cyprus -1.2%
Belgium -1%
Spain -1.0%
Germany -0.5%
France -0.4%
Luxembourg -0.4%
Czech Republic -0.3%
Euro zone -0.3%
Netherlands 0% (provisional results)
Austria 0% (temporary results)
Slovenia 0%
Slovakia 0%
Latvia 0.1%
Bulgaria 0.2
EU 27 0.3%
Italy 0.4%
Denmark 0.5%
Greece 0.7%
Malta 0.8%
Finland 1.1%
United Kingdom 1.1%
Sweden 1.4%
Lithuania 2.3%
Poland 4.0%
Hungary 4.8%
Romania 4.9%

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