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Irish Slump Drags Eurozone Economy Into Red
Net trade and weaker investment cut growth as Ireland’s 12.1% slump distorted the euro area’s quarterly GDP reading, Eurostat said.
- On Friday, Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, reported the Eurozone economy contracted 0.2% in the first quarter of 2026, marking a sharp deterioration from earlier 0.1% growth estimates.
- Ireland's GDP slumped 12.1%, heavily distorting the overall Eurozone figure, with multinational-dominated sectors contracting 27.1%, according to the Central Statistics Office.
- Excluding Ireland, the bloc's economy grew 0.2 to 0.3 percent, with modified domestic demand expanding 0.6 percent, a performance Bantleon chief economist Daniel Hartmann described as showing "resilience."
- The European Central Bank is widely expected to increase interest rates next week to combat inflation, which reached 3.2% in May, above its 2% target.
- Ongoing conflict in Iran continues to inflict damage on energy supplies, while shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz are raising costs for European manufacturers and households.
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Surprisingly, economic performance in the euro area has fallen, with calculations based on small growth.
In the first quarter of 2026, seasonally adjusted GDP fell by 0.2% in the euro area and by 0.1% in the EU, compared to the previous quarter, according to an estimate published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In the fourth quarter of 2025, GDP rose by 0.2% in both areas.
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