IMF Revises Romania’s 2025 Growth Forecast Downwards To 1% From 1.6%

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The International Monetary Fund has revised Romania’s economic growth forecast for 2025 downwards to 1% from 1.6% as previously estimated and the 2026 forecast is 1.4%, saying that the acceleration of the investment funded via the Next Generation EU program will partly offset the slowdown of the consumer spending caused by inflation and the effects of the fiscal consolidation.
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