Romania's GDP declines in Ist quarter

9th June. Romania's gross domestic product or GDP declined a seasonally adjusted 6.2% year-on-year in the first quarter, in contrast to a 2.9% growth in the fourth quarter, the National Institute of Statistics said Tuesday. 

On an unadjusted basis, the GDP dropped 5.7% annually in the first quarter compared to a 2.3% rise in the preceding quarter. 

Sequentially, the GDP dropped 4.6% in the first quarter compared to a 2.8% decline in the previous quarter.