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The growth was the fastest since the first quarter of 2002, when GDP rose 3.8 per cent from the previous quarter. -- PHOTO: AP
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SEOUL - SOUTH Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than seven years in the third quarter, the central bank said on Monday, thanks to robust industrial output and an improvement in private spending.
Gross domestic product rose 2.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter in July-September and 0.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, the bank said in an advance estimate.
The growth was the fastest since the first quarter of 2002, when GDP rose 3.8 per cent from the previous quarter.
Asia's fourth largest economy recorded a 2.6 per cent gain quarter-on-quarter in April-June but a 2.2 per cent contraction year-on-year.
On a year-on-year basis, GDP turned positive for the first time in four quarters.
'Industrial output, led by chips and automobiles, posted robust growth in the third quarter,' the bank said in a statement, adding: 'Private consumption and facility investment also grew, contributing to growth.' Its recovery has been fuelled by aggressive government fiscal spending and rate cuts. -- AFP
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<TR>Oct 26, 2009
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The growth was the fastest since the first quarter of 2002, when GDP rose 3.8 per cent from the previous quarter. -- PHOTO: AP
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->SEOUL - SOUTH Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in more than seven years in the third quarter, the central bank said on Monday, thanks to robust industrial output and an improvement in private spending.
Gross domestic product rose 2.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter in July-September and 0.6 per cent compared with a year earlier, the bank said in an advance estimate.
The growth was the fastest since the first quarter of 2002, when GDP rose 3.8 per cent from the previous quarter.
Asia's fourth largest economy recorded a 2.6 per cent gain quarter-on-quarter in April-June but a 2.2 per cent contraction year-on-year.
On a year-on-year basis, GDP turned positive for the first time in four quarters.
'Industrial output, led by chips and automobiles, posted robust growth in the third quarter,' the bank said in a statement, adding: 'Private consumption and facility investment also grew, contributing to growth.' Its recovery has been fuelled by aggressive government fiscal spending and rate cuts. -- AFP