Russian economic growth picks up to 0.7% year-on-year in June

Reuters

Published Jul 18, 2019 03:04AM ET

Russian economic growth picks up to 0.7% year-on-year in June

Moscow (Reuters) - Gross domestic product growth in Russia accelerated to 0.7% in June in year-on-year terms after expanding by 0.1% in May, the Russian Economy Ministry said on Thursday.

In the second quarter of 2019, GDP grew 0.8% after growing by 0.5% in the first three months of the year.

The ministry said in a monthly report that GDP growth in June was boosted by a pick up in industrial output.