The figure benefited from a low base last year, when GDP fell 4.5% over the same period as pandemic isolation still battered the financial hub.
Hong Kong’s economy grew less than expected in the third quarter of this year, suggesting the Asian financial hub’s post-pandemic boost may be fading.
Gross domestic product rose 4.1% in July to September from a year earlier, according to advance estimates released by the government on Tuesday. That’s worse than the 5.2% estimated by economists, albeit faster than the second quarter’s 1.5% pickup.
