{"id":28683,"date":"2018-12-10T12:46:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=28683"},"modified":"2018-12-10T12:46:17","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T11:46:17","slug":"nigerias-gdp-growth-rate-rises-to-1-81-in-third-quarter-nbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nigerias-gdp-growth-rate-rises-to-1-81-in-third-quarter-nbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s GDP Growth Rate Rises To 1.81% In Third Quarter \u2013 NBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Bureau of Statistics on Monday released the country\u2019s Gross Domestic Product report for the third quarter with the economy recording a growth rate of 1.81 per cent year-on-year.<\/p>\n

The Bureau in the report which was posted on its website said the growth rate of 1.81 per cent represents an increase when compared to the growth rate of 1.5 per cent which the economy recorded in the second quarter of this year.<\/p>\n

In nominal terms, the report put the value of the country\u2019s economic output during the period at N33.36trn.<\/p>\n

This, it stated, was higher when compared to the third quarter 2017 GDP output of N29.37trn.<\/p>

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The report reads in part, \u201cThe nation\u2019s Gross Domestic Product grew by 1.81 per cent year-on-year in real terms in the third quarter of 2018.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompared to the third quarter of 2017 which recorded a growth of 1.17 per cent, there is an increase of 0.64 per cent points.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe second quarter of 2018 had a growth rate of 1.50 per cent showing a rise of 0.31 per cent points.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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