Govt forecaster upgrades growth projection for 2017 to 3.6%

Ljubljana, 31 March - IMAD, the government's macroeconomic forecaster, has upgraded its economic growth projection for the year by 0.7 percentage points to 3.6%, projecting the fastest pace of growth in a decade. Growth is expected to slow to 3.2% next year and 2.6% in 2019.

Ljubljana
Boštjan Vasle, the governor of Banka Slovenije.
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Ljubljana
Boštjan Vasle, the director of government forecaster IMAD, presents the latest growth projections.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Boštjan Vasle, the director of government forecaster IMAD, presents the latest growth projections.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Boštjan Vasle, the director of government forecaster IMAD, presents the latest growth projections.
Photo: Bor Slana/STA

Ljubljana
Macroeconomic trends.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA
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