Viewed year on year, GDP also rose 4.8 per cent in real terms and was up 0.5 percentage points over 2005. The 4.8 per cent increase was the highest GDP growth rate in the last three years.
Capital investments rose 10.9 per cent, more than twice as much as in 2005 when they amounted to 4.8 per cent.
Personal spending grew from 3.4 per cent in 2005 to 3.5 per cent in 2006, while government spending increased 2.2 per cent, substantially more than in 2005 when it rose 0.8 per cent.
In 2006, goods and services export growth of 6.9 per cent was slower than that of imports, which was 7.3 per cent.