Brazil GDP grows stronger-than-expected 0.2 percent in second quarter

[September 01, 2017]  RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's gross domestic product grew a stronger-than-expected 0.2 percent in the second quarter from the prior three months, statistics agency IBGE said on Friday, suggesting a recovery from the nation's deepest recession on record remains on track.

A vendor (R) sells chicken legs to a costumer at Feira Livre market in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

The Brazilian economy grew 0.3 percent in the three months through June compared to the same period a year before. In the first quarter, the economy had expanded 1.0 percent on a quarterly basis and contracted 0.4 percent from a year earlier.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Bruno Federowski)

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