The economies of Central and Eastern Europe began the year strong

According to London financial analysts, the preliminary data show that the EU economies of Central and Eastern Europe had a strong growth performance in the first quarter.

One of the largest economic and financial analyst in London, the Capital Economics, said on Friday that the average regional economic mood index is on a peak has not seen for nine years.

According to London analysts, this indicates that the average growth rate of central and eastern European economies in their annual comparison could have exceeded 4 percent in the first quarter of this year after the 3 percent average of the last quarter of last year. (MTI, Kertész Róbert)