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Added on the 16/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Tokyo, Aug 16 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's gross domestic product grew 7.5 percent between April and June compared to the same period of the previous year, mainly driven by the recovery in consumption, according to government data published Monday.Compared to the first quarter of 2021, the world’s third largest economy grew 0.3 percent, due to the persistent impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the Japanese Cabinet Office.The economic growth in the second quarter of this year is mainly due to the 7.3 percent increase in household consumption, the main pillar of Japan’s GDP, which had been suffering from the successive states of emergency in the country. Citizens reacted with increasing indifference to this despite the rebound in infections. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE SHOWS PEDESTRIANS ON STREETS OF TOKYO, AND PEDESTRIANS WALK ON THE SHIBUYA SCRAMBLE CROSSWAY IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
Buenos Aires, Jun 23 (EFE) .- (CAMERA: Alberto Caratozzolo) The gross domestic product (GDP) of Argentina registered a year-to-year rise of 2.5 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec).
London, May 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Clàudia Sacrest) The British gross domestic product (GDP) registered a contraction of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, but in March it grew by 2,1%, helped by the beginning of the lifting of restrictions by Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF TRADING IN TOWER BRIDGE AND LONDON BRIDGE, AND SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN OXFORD STREET.
London, May 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Clàudia Sacrest) The British gross domestic product (GDP) registered a contraction of 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, but in March it grew by 2,1%, helped by the beginning of the lifting of restrictions by Covid-19.FOOTAGE OF TRADING IN TOWER BRIDGE AND LONDON BRIDGE, AND SHOPS AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN OXFORD STREET.
Seoul, Apr 27 (EFE/EPA).- South Korea's gross domestic product (GDP) grew 1.8 percent in the first quarter compared to the same period last year thanks to consumption, an expansionary fiscal policy and exports.Between January and March, the South Korean economy expanded to practically the same level as prior to the pandemic, according to the Bank of Korea (BoK) on Tuesday.With respect to the last quarter, GDP grew by 1.6 percent, improving on the growth rate of October-December 2020, which was 1.2 percent. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF THE CITY OF SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA AND DEALERS WORKING AT HANA BANK IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.