It's official: Spanish economy is growing
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Published: 26 Feb, 2015 CET.
Updated: Thu 26 Feb 2015 12:49 CET
Spain's economy expanded by 1.4 percent in 2014, after five years of recession or no growth, the country's national statistics agency Ine said on Thursday, confirming a provisional figure published in late January.
Spain's economy expanded by 1.4 percent in 2014, after five years of recession or no growth, the country's national statistics agency Ine said on Thursday, confirming a provisional figure published in late January.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the eurozone's fourth largest economy rose to €1.06 trillion, Ine said in a statement.
Last year also marked the first full year of economic growth since a 2008 property crash which put millions of people out of work and pushed the country to the brink of a bailout.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government this week revised its growth forecast for this year upwards to 2.4 percent from 2.0 percent and said the country could create over half a million jobs in 2015.
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Spain's economy expanded by 1.4 percent in 2014, after five years of recession or no growth, the country's national statistics agency Ine said on Thursday, confirming a provisional figure published in late January.
The gross domestic product (GDP) of the eurozone's fourth largest economy rose to €1.06 trillion, Ine said in a statement.
Last year also marked the first full year of economic growth since a 2008 property crash which put millions of people out of work and pushed the country to the brink of a bailout.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's government this week revised its growth forecast for this year upwards to 2.4 percent from 2.0 percent and said the country could create over half a million jobs in 2015.
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