Gross domestic product in the 3rd quarter of 2018 down 0.2% on the previous quarter
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Gross domestic product, 3rd quarter of 2018 -0.2% on the previous quarter (price, seasonally and calendar adjusted) +1.1% on the same quarter a year earlier (price adjusted) +1.1% on the same quarter a year earlier (price and calendar adjusted) Enlarge pictureWIESBADEN- The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, in the third quarter of 2018, the gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 0.2% on the second quarter of 2018 after adjustment for price, seasonal and calendar variations. This was the first decline recorded in a quarter-on-quarter comparison since the first quarter of 2015. In the first half of 2018, the had increased, by 0.5% in the second quarter and 0.4% in the first...