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Jan primary surplus at 3.5 bln as underspend continues into 2026
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Sharp drop in oil costs drives 5.4 pct YoY decrease in import prices
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Drop of 4.1 pct YoY for car sales at start of 2026
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CPI stable at 2.5 pct YoY in Jan, food up 4.5 pct, rents 8.7 pct
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Industrial production rises by 3.9 pct YoY in Dec, up 2.3 pct in 2025
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Trade deficit jumps to 3.5 bln in Dec, full year down by 5.9 pct at 33.52 bln
IMF forecasts high primary surpluses, tempers growth expectations
![Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]](resources/toolip/img-thumb/2014/08/11/imf_439_1108-large.jpg "Photo via IMF photostream on Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/imfphoto/]")
At the annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank currently being held in Morocco, the Fund presented its latest global economic and fiscal estimates. The Greek economy is seen continuing to outperform eurozone peers on growth and reaching high primary surpluses on a permanent basis.
In the World Economic Outlook (WEO), real GDP growth is seen at 2.5 pct this year, slowing down to 2 pct in 2024, which is an upwards revision from the 1.5 pct for 2024 expected in the previous WEO in April.
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