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Denmark's economy contracted in the three months ended September, after expanding in the previous seven quarters, preliminary figures from Statistics Denmark showed Thursday.
Gross domestic product declined a seasonally and price adjusted 0.6 percent sequentially in the third quarter, reversing a 0.6 percent rise in the second quarter.
In the first quarter of this year, the rate of expansion was 0.7 percent.
The contraction in the third quarter was characterized by a decrease in household consumption, in particular the purchase of vehicles fell.
There was also a decline in industrial production and exports during the September quarter.
On a yearly basis, the rate of growth for the economy in the third quarter was 1.3 percent.
