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GDP rebounded in Q2 2022 (+0.5%)
In Q2 2022, GDP in volume terms strongly recovered after the decline in the previous quarter (+0.5% after -0.2% in Q1). Foreign trade contributed to +0.4 points to GDP growth this quarter, after +0.1 points in the previous quarter. This large contribution is due to the dynamism of exports (+0.8% after +1.6% in Q1 2022), coupled with the decline of imports (-0.6% after +1.2%). Conversely, the contribution of final domestic demand (excluding inventories) to GDP growth was null this quarter. Household consumption expenditure fell again, but more moderately than in the previous quarter (-0.2% after -1.3%). Gross fixed ... (full story)