Sweden has won the position and becomes the country that grew in the second quarter of 2012. The Nordic country registered an advance of 1.4% QoQ from 0.9% in January to March. Meanwhile, the economy Germanic, although he had better numbers than anticipated, reported a slowdown in GDP growth of 0.3% versus 0.5% in the first quarter.
Sweden’s economy outside the euro area of 17 and less exposed than Germany to the peripheral countries with problems, it will grow 3% this year compared to 0.9% in Germany, according to the latest forecast of International Monetary Fund (IMF ) last April.