In the third quarter of 2010, growth rates were +0.3% in the euro area and +0.5% in the EU27.

Compared with the same quarter of the previous year, seasonally adjusted GDP increased by 2% in the euro area and by 2.1% in the EU27 in the fourth quarter of 2010, after +1.9% and +2.2% respectively in the previous quarter.

During the fourth quarter of 2010, US GDP increased by 0.8% compared with the previous quarter (after +0.6% in the third quarter of 2010), and decreased by 0.3% in Japan (after +0.8%). Compared with the same quarter of the previous year US GDP rose by 2.8% (after +3.2% in the previous quarter) and by 2.6% in Japan (after +4.7%). 

Over the whole year 2010, GDP increased by 1.7% in both the euro area and the EU27.