Eurozone resilient at 0.5% in Q1 of 2017

Brussels

GROWTH in the eurozone remained resilient in the first quarter of 2017 as the economy continued to brush off the unknowns of Brexit and a high-stake election in France, data showed on Wednesday.

The EU's Eurostat statistics agency said growth in the eurozone landed at 0.5 per cent in the first quarter of 2017, the same as the previous quarter and on a par with analyst forecasts.