# The eurozone economy expanded at a significantly faster pace than estimated in the first three months of 2025, thanks to better-than-expected growth in Germany and strong output in Ireland. Economists were quick to warn against reading too much into the data, describing it as “misleading” and warning of more pain to come because of volatile US trade policy. The EU’s data agency said the 20-country single currency area recorded growth of 0.6-percent over the January to March period from the previous quarter, up from the 0.3-percent figure published last month.
Eurozone economy expands faster than expected in first quarter of 2025