EU forecast: prospects for the European economy are improving
Despite the persistently challenging global environment, economic prospects are improving, the European economy continues to show resilience, the European Commission wrote in its spring economic forecast published on Monday.
Economic Policy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni, explaining the prognosis, said that lower energy prices, easing of supply constraints and a strong labor market resulted in a small increase in the first quarter of 2023, which dispelled the fear of recession.
The better-than-expected start to the year raises the growth prospects of the EU economy to 1 percent in 2023 – instead of 0.8 percent according to the winter interim forecast – and for 2024 from the previously expected 1.6 percent to 1.7 percent.
Expectations for the euro zone are also revised upward and are of a similar magnitude: GDP growth of 1.1 percent is expected in 2023 and 1.6 percent in 2024. The continuing price pressure also adjusted inflation upwards, to 5.8 percent in 2023 and 2.8 percent in 2024 in the euro area.
Related news
KSH: The services foreign trade surplus was 2.2 billion euros in the first quarter
In the first quarter of 2025, exports of services in…
Read more >Russian cucumbers flood the EU: the market for Polish producers is tense
Although the European Union’s sanctions policy on Russian agricultural products…
Read more >The government supports the tourism sector with a new tool
Tourism is a sector of strategic importance for the Hungarian…
Read more >Related news
Viktor Orbán: we will introduce margin reduction for new products as well, if necessary
The margin regulation must be maintained because people must be…
Read more >Healthy meat products rich in fiber and protein have been developed in Debrecen
A new product line consisting of health-promoting, fiber- and protein-rich…
Read more >German retail sales fell month-on-month in April
In Germany, retail sales fell by 1.1 percent in real…
Read more >