IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts

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IMF downgrades Greek GDP and unemployment forecasts

EconomyMacroeconomy 18/04/2017 - 16:11 Tags: GDP, IMF, Unemployment

The publication of the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook (WEO) on Tuesday revealed worse estimates for the Greek economy compared to the upbeat set of forecasts included in its previous forecasts, which were released early last October.

The Fund now expects the domestic economy to grow at a slower pace of 2.2 percent in 2017 compared to its initial forecast of 2.8 percent, which stood at high-end of the estimates made last year.

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