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Spanish Growth Slows as Tourism Can’t Offset Investment Fall

  • Third-quarter GDP rose 0.3% from previous quarter; est. 0.2%
  • Spain has been among Europe’s best performers since pandemic

Tourists queue to board a cruise boat at the port in O Grove, Spain.

Photographer: Brais Lorenzo/Bloomberg
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Spain’s economy slowed slightly in the third quarter, as a drop in investment offset a boom in tourism.

Gross domestic product rose 0.3% from the previous three months, according to data published Friday by the INE statistics agency. That’s down from 0.4% in the second quarter but more than the 0.2% median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of analysts.