OECD states posted annual economic growth of 2.1% in the third quarter of this year, compared with 1.7% in the second quarter, provisional figures released by the organisation showed today.
The annual figure measures growth in the third quarter this year with that of third quarter 2002.
Gross domestic product increased by 1% on a quarterly basis, compared with 1.7% from the first to second quarters.
For the United States, annual GDP growth amounted to 3.6% in the third quarter, up from 2.4% in the previous quarter. In Japan, annual growth slowed to 1.8% in the third quarter from 2.3% in the second.
Across the euro zone, 12-month growth was weak at 0.3%, against 0.1% in the previous quarter. The US contributed 1.3 percentage points to the overall OECD growth figure of 2.1%.
