Romania: Big GDP data revisions
The flash estimate of third quarter GDP showed a 0.6% sequential advance, a deceleration from the downwardly revised (by 2ppt) 0.8% figure in the second quarter. This was below the Bloomberg median of 0.8% but above ING's forecast of 0.5% quarter-on-quarter. This translates into a 3.0% year-on-year GDP expansion
The 0.6% QoQ figure translates into 3.9% YoY growth based on previous data. But due to big data revisions (as often happens) the YoY GDP growth is actually 3.0% versus ING's forecast and the Bloomberg consensus of 3.8% YoY. Hence, the 0.9ppt forecast error. GDP growth for the January-September period stood at 4.0% YoY.
| 3.0% |
3Q GDP growth (YoY) |
| Lower than expected | |
A breakdown of GDP data is due on 5 December. On the demand side, we could see a strong contribution from private consumption in sequential terms, as suggested by retail sales which accelerated by 1.8% QoQ from 0.1% in the previous quarter. Investments, net exports and inventories likely had a negative contribution.
On the supply side, services are likely to remain the main contributor, while industry should remain a drag on GDP growth.
Due to big data revision, we revise down our full year GDP growth for this year to 3.6% YoY from 4.0% previously. For 2020, we revise our GDP growth forecast to 2.6% from 2.8% previously with the risk balance tilted to the downside.
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