Italy's GDP up 0.3% in 3rd quarter - Istat (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, November 15 - Italy's gross domestic product rose by 0.3% in the third quarter of 2016 with respect to the previous three months and by 0.9% compared to the same period last year, according to seasonally adjusted data released by Istat on Tuesday. Growth had been flat in the second quarter with respect to the first.
    Italy's 'acquired growth' for 2016 - what the annual growth rate will be if there are no further quarter-on-quarter rises in gross domestic product - has risen to 0.8%, Istat said Tuesday in the light of the positive GDP data for the third quarter. The previous estimate based on the data from the first two quarters of 2016 was a rise of 0.6%. The government has forecast (raw) growth of 0.8% for 2016.