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Written by Nassos Stylianou
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THE CYPRIOT economy is now officially in recession, following a 0.5 per cent contraction in the three months to June, its second consecutive negative reading for GDP, data showed yesterday. Coupled with figures for the first quarter, which showed gross domestic product to have shrank 0.6 per cent quarter-on-quarter in the first three months of the year, negative growth in the second quarter means that the widely accepted definition of a recession – two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth – has been met. |
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