Lithuania's Growth Confirmed in 3Q With 4.4% Expansion

Lithuania’s economic-growth figure for the third quarter was confirmed at 4.4 percent from a year earlier, the quickest pace this year, according to revised data from the country’s statistics office.

Output expanded 1.3 percent from the previous quarter, which also matched a flash estimate from earlier this month, the statistics office in Vilnius said today by e-mail. Agriculture, forestry and fishing expanded 14 percent on the year in the third quarter, information and communications grew 6.3 percent and industry increased by 6.3 percent, according to the statistics office.

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