MADRID (MarketWatch) - Spanish gross domestic product fell 0.3% in the final quarter of 2011, the national statistics agency said on Monday, in a first estimate of the data. The statistics agency said growth fell owing to weak domestic demand, partially compensated by a rise in foreign demand. The figure matches a prediction from the Bank of Spain released last week. This is the first fall in GDP since the fourth quarter of 2009. On an annual basis, GDP rose 0.3% against the same period in the prior year. The Bank of Spain recently forecast Spanish GDP would contract 1.5% in 2012 and then see a "modest recouperation" of growth in 2013 of 0.2%. (Corrects to fix year in headline.)
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