The EU Commission revised its 2017 Euro-zone GDP growth forecast marginally higher

The EU Commission revised its 2017 Euro-zone GDP growth forecast marginally higher

SGM-FX
Tue 14 Feb 2017

The EU Commission revised its 2017 Euro-zone GDP growth forecast marginally higher to 1.6% from 1.5% previously, although this was still lower than the 2016 outcome and the underlying tone remained generally downbeat with a high degree of uncertainty over both domestic and US developments.

 

The inflation forecast for this year was revised higher to 1.7% from 1.4% previously, but with an expected slowdown to 1.4% in 2018 and still below the ECB target.

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