Central bank upgrades Slovenia's growth forecast to 6.7%

Ljubljana, 17 December - Slovenia's central bank has upgraded its economic growth forecast for the country, projecting that the economy will expand by 6.7% this year, up 1.5 percentage points compared to the June forecast. Meanwhile, it downgraded the growth forecast for 2022 from 4.8% to 4.0%, and upgraded it from 3.1% to 3.3% for 2023.

Ljubljana Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference. Tina Žumer, the Vice Governor of Banka Slovenije Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference.
Tina Žumer, the Vice Governor of Banka Slovenije
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference. Arjana Brezigar Masten, the head of the central bank's analytics and research centre. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference.
Arjana Brezigar Masten, the head of the central bank's analytics and research centre.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Slovenia's central bank presents its latest economic forecasts for the country at a press conference.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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