Greek GDP beats forecasts for Q2 growth of 0.1%
Greece's economy kept up a steady, albeit modest, pace of growth over the three months to June.
According to a preliminary estimate from ELSTAT, in seasonally adjusted terms the Mediterranean country's gross domestic product expanded by 0.5% in the second quarter of 2017, the same pace as seen in the first three months of the year.
That was considerably better than economists' forecasts for growth of 0.1%.
Versus the same period one year ago, GDP was 0.8% ahead.
A previous estimate of 0.4% quarterly growth for the three months to March was revised higher to 0.5%.
In the final quarter of 2016, GDP had shrunk by 1.0% on the quarter and in year-on-year terms.