Spring 2019 Economic Forecast: Growth continues at a more moderate pace

The European economy is forecast to continue expanding for the seventh year in a row in 2019, with real GDP expected to grow in all EU Member States. As global uncertainties continue to weigh, domestic dynamics are set to support the European economy. Growth is expected to gather pace again next year.

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Economic forecast by country

EU Member States
Austria Germany Poland
Belgium Greece Portugal
Bulgaria Hungary Romania
Croatia Ireland Slovakia
Cyprus Italy Slovenia
Czechia Latvia Spain
Denmark Lithuania Sweden
Estonia Luxembourg The United Kingdom
Finland Malta EA and EU outlook
France The Netherlands
Candidate Countries Other Non-EU Countries
Albania EFTA
North Macedonia China
Montenegro Japan
Serbia Russia
Turkey USA

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Box.1: Looking at euro area GDP growth in 2019 through the lens of an estimated model
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Box 2: Euro area banks 10 years after the crisis
07 May 2019
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Box 3: The impact of European Structural and Investment Funds on near-term forecasting
07 May 2019
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Box 4: Changes to HICP methodology
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Box 5: Some technical elements behind the forecast
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