QUARTERLY ACCOUNTS Second Quarter 2001 Expenditure and Output approach First Eurostat estimates ··················■ Statistics Roberto BARCELLAN GDP volume, %-change on Q/Q-1 GDP volume, %-change on Q/Q-4 in focus I 0.5 I 3.3 Euro- ^| 0.6 2.9 I Β 0.5 _J24 zone | 7 1 ECONOMY AND I 3.2 1 0 5 FINANCE ~J 0.6 .8 h EU-15 I 0.5 | 2.4 4 | 1.7 I 01 THEME 2 36/2001 0.3 34.4 | 0.5 J26 US 0.3 I2.5 0.0 Β 12 NATIONAL ACCOUNT π 0.3 : -0.7 L ^0.6 ZI 2 5 J ά.? Contents 0.8 | -c 7I 1.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 1 .0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 QQ3/00 OQ4/00 "01/01 ■Q2/01 °Q3/00 EQ4/00 "Q1/01 "Q2/01 Development of GDP and its components 2 According to Eurostat's first estimates (1), the GDP of the euro-zone (2) and of the EU15 both increased by 0.1 % during the second quarter of 2001. GDP andexpenditure compo These figures follow a 0.5 % growth for both areas in the firstr of. nents Percentage change andIn comparison with the second quarter of 2000, the GDP of the euro-zone levels, at constant prices 3 and of the EU15 recorded a 1.7% growth in the second quarter of 2001, compared to 2.4 % in both areas in the previous quarter. GDP and gross value added by The GDP of the United States stagnated with a growth of 0.0 % during the industry Percentage change second quarter of 2001, down from the 0.3% figure recorded during the first and levels, at constant prices quarter of 2001. In comparison with the second quarter of 2000, the US GDP 4 increased by 1.