The national economy grew at a slow pace, reaching an average of about 1 per cent. According to the Department of Economic Planning and Development, Brunei’s second quarter recorded a growth of 0.8 per cent. It noted that the prevailing conditions in the third and fourth quarters were not favourable to Brunei’s GDP growth. A report from the OECD stated that ASEAN can expect an average of 5.6 per cent while Brunei is expected to average 1.6 per cent from 2015–19; that would be higher than the 0.9 per cent growth between 2011 and 2013.