Eurostat flash estimate shows euro area GDP up 0.4% in the third quarter

Eurostat said "seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU" in the third quarter, compared with the second, in a preliminary flash estimate. From a year earlier, growth was 1.3% in the euro area and 1.5% in the EU. Second-quarter growth was 0.6% and 0.7%. Eurostat said the flash estimates use incomplete data and may be revised.