Eurostat has confirmed that the region (the eurozone) shrank by 0.3% in the last three months of 2011.
The details of today's GDP data:
• Household spending fell by 0.4%
• Exports fell by 0.4%
• Imports fell by 1.2%.
This morning's GDP data also confirmed that the eurozone grew by just 0.7% during 2011.