The GDP was higher by 1.6% in real terms in Q1 of this year compared to the Q4 2014, and compared to the similar period of last year it rose by 4.3% in unadjusted terms and by 4.2% in seasonally-adjusted ones, according to the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INS).
Thus, the results of Q1 2014, compared with Q4 2013 ones, were revised downwards from 0.3% to 0.1%, whilst those for Q2 2014, compared to Q1 2014 ones, remained unchanged reports Agerpress.
For Q3 2014, compared to Q2 2014, the results were revised upwards from 2.1% to 2.2%, and those of Q4 2014, compared to Q3 2014 ones, have been revised from 0.7% to 1%.
The INS informs that the terms adjusted seasonally are recalculated seasonally due to the changes to the models adopted, the modification of unadjusted terms and the number of observations available.According to the Convergence Programme 2015 — 2018, published at end-April this year on the website of the Ministry of Public Finance, Romania's economy will grow by 3.2% in 2015, due to the positive contribution of domestic demand, and in 2018 it will reach a growth rate of 4%.
In early May, the European Commission slightly improved its estimates on Romania's economic
growth in 2015 to 2.8% from the 2.7% advance that it estimated in February.