BELGRADE, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Serbia's GDP in the third quarter is likely to have grown by 4.1 percent, bringing the year-on-year contraction to 2.3 percent, Central Bank Governor Radovan Jelasic said on Thursday.

He also said that the central bank expects a full-year contraction at 2.8 percent, less than a previously forecast 3 percent.

(Editing by Mike Peacock)

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