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Pakistan’s Growth in September Quarter Slows After Floods
People use a boat to commute near the closed motorway following monsoon floods in Punjab province, on Sept. 17.
Photographer: Shahid Saeed Mirza/AFP/Getty ImagesPakistan’s growth slowed in the quarter ending September as weak consumer demand and monsoon floods weighed on the economy.
Gross domestic product for the July-September period rose 3.71% from a year earlier, according to data posted on the website of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. It compared with 6.2% expansion in the previous quarter and 3.8% forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The figures are preliminary and may be revised later when final data is compiled.