31 Jan, 2019 @ 17:57
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Spain’s economy grew by 2.5% last year, outpacing EU average

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SPAIN’S economy grew by 2.5% last year, new figures have revealed. 

The number is lower than the 3% registered in the past three years but still far outpaces the euro zone average.

The last three months of 2018 saw a 0.7% surge in economic growth, fuelled by an increase in exports and consumer spending.

The euro zone average in the last quarter was a much a lower 0.2%.

The region suffered with political uncertainty in Italy, which this morning entered into a recession.

France also saw the disruptive yellow vest protests while Germany’s auto industry struggled with new environmental laws.

Spain’s economy is expected to grow by 2.2% this year.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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