April 30- Czech fourth-quarter gross domestic product shrank by 0.3 percent quarter-on-quarter, revised data by the Czech Statistics Bureau showed on Tuesday, deeper than the 0.2 contraction reported earlier. It fell by 1.6 percent year-on-year, less than the 1.7 percent drop seen before, the data also showed.
BELGRADE, April 30- Serbia's economy grew by 1.9 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, according to a flash estimate by the state statistics office on Tuesday.
April 30- Croatian economic indicators, updated on April 30 with March industrial output and February real net wages: GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT Q4 Q3 Q4 2011 Growth rates yr/yr -2.3 -1.9 -0.3- Household consumption -4.2 -3.5 0.1- Government -2.0 -0.4 -1.1.
JAKARTA, April 30- Indonesia expects gross domestic product to expand 6.5 percent this year despite a slowdown in the global economy, acting finance minister Hatta Rajasa said on Tuesday. He estimated 2014 growth at 6.4-6.9 percent, due to increased economic activity during next year's general and presidential elections.
*Weak exports, private and gov't demand all weigh. TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan's economy grew by a much-slower-than-expected 1.54 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, badly undershooting a median forecast of 3 percent as export growth fell short of expectations and private consumption sputtered.
*Weak exports, private and gov't demand all weigh. TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan's economy grew by a much-slower-than-expected 1.54 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, badly undershooting a median forecast of 3 percent as export growth fell short of expectations and private consumption sputtered.
MADRID, April 30- Spain's gross domestic product shrank 0.5 percent on a quarterly basis in the January to March period, the seventh straight quarter of contractions, according to preliminary data released on Tuesday. That was in line with economists' forecasts and compared to a contraction of 0.8 percent registered at the end of last year.
TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan stocks opened up 0.45 percent on Tuesday, even though the statistics agency said Taiwan's economy grew by a preliminary 1.54 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, severely undershooting the median market forecast. The Taiwan dollar was up T $0.117 to stand at T $29.489 to the U.S. dollar.
TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan's economy grew by a well-below-forecast preliminary 1.54 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, pointing to a slow recovery for the global economy.
TAIPEI, April 30- Taiwan's economy grew by a preliminary 1.54 percent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2013, the statistics agency said on Tuesday, severely undershooting the median market forecast. Revised figures will be published about two to three weeks from now, with more detail and a media briefing.
*Investors cut bets on more Bank of England easing. *European Central Bank rate cut seen likely this week By Jessica Mortimer. Better British data contrasted with below-forecast first-quarter gross domestic product in the United States on Friday and with growing expectations that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates later this week.
WARSAW, April 29- Poland will cut its wider general government deficit to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product in 2014 and only meet the European Union's 3 percent requirement in 2015, an updated convergence plan seen by Reuters showed on Monday.
WARSAW, April 29- Poland's updated convergence plan assumes trimming next year's general government deficit to 3.3 percent of gross domestic product from 3.5 percent expected this year. Below are selected figures from the plan. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 General govt deficit -3.9 -3.5 -3.3 -2.7 -1.6 Public debt/GDP ratio 55.6 55.8 55.7 55.6 54.5.
SEOUL, April 29- South Korean shares ended slightly down on Monday, as weaker-than-expected U.S. gross domestic product data fuelled concerns about one of the country's key export markets losing momentum. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index finished down 0.2 percent at 1,940.70 points.
SINGAPORE, April 29- The dollar fell broadly and sterling hit a two-month high on Monday, as traders continued to reduce their exposure to the greenback after data last week showed the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the first quarter.
BANGKOK, April 29- Thailand's economy is expected to have grown 6 percent in the first quarter from a year before and is likely to expand 5.3 percent over the whole year, the Finance Ministry's fiscal policy office chief, Somchai Sajjapong, told reporters on Monday. Official first-quarter GDP data is due to be released on May 20.
TOKYO, April 29- The dollar fell broadly and sterling hit a two-month high on Monday, as traders continued to reduce their exposure to the greenback after data last week showed the U.S. economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace in the first quarter.