This reflects a somewhat higher rate of output growth in the first half of 1998 , when area-wide real GDP growth reached approximately 3.4% compared with the same period a year earlier . In the second
Óôï äåýôåñï åîÜìçíï ôïõ 1998 ï åôÞóéïò ñõèìüò áíüäïõ ôïõ ÁÅÐ ìåéþèçêå óå 2,6% . Ïé ôåëåõôáßåò äéáèÝóéìåò åêôéìÞóåéò ôçò Eurostat ãéá ôçí Üíïäï ôïõ ðñáãìáôéêïý ÁÅÐ óå êÜèå ôñßìçíï ôïõ 1998 õðïäçëþíïõí åðéâñÜäõíóç óôï äåýôåñï ôñßìçíï , ìå ñõèìü 0,6% Ýíáíôé 0,9% óôï ðñþôï ôñßìçíï ôïõ