TAIPEI, July 31 (Reuters) - Taiwan's economy in the second quarter grew 2.41% from a year earlier, preliminary data from the statistics agency showed on Wednesday.
That made April-June quarter the best since the same period of 2018, when the economy expanded 3.29%. Growth was significantly higher than the 1.8% annual pace forecast by economists in a Reuters poll. For January-March, export-reliant Taiwan reported growth of 1.71%.
The preliminary second-quarter GDP growth number will be revised in about two to three weeks. Q2 2019 Reuters poll Q1 2019 Q4 2018 GDP (y/y) +2.41 +1.8 +1.71 +1.78 +4.68 +2.33 +1.5 GDP(SAAR,q/q) A full table can be found at website (Reporting by Jeanny Kao and Yimou Lee; Editing by Richard Borsuk)
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