The Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP) remained practically stable and grew 0.1% in the third quarter of 2017 compared to the previous three months. In the year to September, GDP grew by 0.6% in relation to the same period of 2016. According to data presented by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), it is the third consecutive quarter that the Brazilian economy presents positive result. Economic analysts call a "technical recession" an economic picture in which a country presents: