LONDON (AP) — The eurozone economy lost momentum in the third quarter, official figures showed Friday — a development that puts further pressure on the European Central Bank to stimulate growth more. Despite a series of tail winds, the 19-country eurozone only grew 0.3 percent in the July-September period from the previous quarter, according to Eurostat, the EU's statistics agency. That was below market expectations for a second straight 0.4 percent quarterly rise. On an annual basis, the eurozone economy, which comprises some 330 million people from the Atlantic to the eastern Mediterranean, was 1.6 percent bigger, just ahead of the 1.5 percent rate recorded in the second quarter. The...
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