Newly released figures show that the eurozone (countries that use the Euro) has gone into recession for the first time in its history. Germany went into recession on Thursday, prompting fears that other major economies might follow suit. Greg Morsbach has more:

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The figures from Italy show that Europe's fourth largest economy is now officially in recession after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. The Italian economy shrank by half a percent in the third quarter, after posting a nought point three percent fall in the previous quarter.

The Spanish government also reported its first negative growth in fifteen years.

But France bucked the trend of gloomy news today: they defied economic forecasts and narrowly escaped recession by announcing minimal growth for the period between July and September.

Greg Morsbach, BBC

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figures
buradaki anlamı, resmi istatistikler

officially in recession
resmen resesyonda; bir ülkenin ekonomisinin birbiri ardına iki çeyrek dönem boyunca küçülmesi, resesyon ya da durgunlukla ifade edilir

consecutive quarters
birbiri ardına üç aylık dönemler, (çeyrek dönem)

negative growth
ekonominin küçülmesi

shrank
küçülme, gerileme

posting
ilan etmek

bucked the trend
trende uymamak, başkalarının yaptığını yapmamak

gloomy
karanlık, umutsuz

defied economic forecasts
beklenenden daha iyi sonuçlar göstermek

narrowly escaped
kılpayı kurtulmak