Greece Exits Recession After Crisis That Put Euro at Risk

Greece ended its worst recession in more than a half-century, emerging from a period marked by two bailouts and financial-market turmoil that almost pushed the country out of the euro.

Gross domestic product increased 0.7 percent in the third quarter, according to data from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistics office, which resumed publishing quarterly figures today. From a year earlier, the economy grew 1.7 percent on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, according to a separate release from Greek authorities.