According to the Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion ESDE Quarterly Review, the EU's economy continued its expansion in the first half of 2018, yet slightly less dynamically than in 2017. Since the beginning of 2018, the pace of economic growth has moderated, and most recent survey indicators point to lower sentiment and higher uncertainty. Section 5 informs about the growth of real gross disposable household. In the first quarter of 2018 this growth reached 2.4 %, according to latest available estimates. In the following section (6) data on labour productivity and labour costs are provided. Nominal compensation per employee has been growing at a moderate from the first quarter of 2017.
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