Hot off the press: Our Spring Forecast Report for 23 countries in CESEE with the implications of the war in #Ukraine. Whereas 🇺🇦 (38-45%) & 🇷🇺 (9-15%) will shrink dramatically, EU-CEE countries will see slower growth or stagnation (depending on the scenario). 1/7 #Thread The 11 EU members of the CESEE region will grow by an average of 3% this year in the baseline scenario; however, in the adverse scenario, which assumes an escalation of the war and a full EU energy embargo against Russia, they would stagnate (0.1%) in 2022. 2/7

#Panel discussion on "What is the new normal for #CESEE?"
@wiiw_news #wiiwSpringSeminar Vizek: "Very strong public sector, lot of informal economy. Croatia experienced slow growth before, so new normal not really new. But political willingness to reform very low."

The new @wiiw_news Handbook of #Statistics 2018 contains updated key #macroeconomic & structural indicators for 22 economies in #CESEE serving as easy-to-use reference tool & facilitating comparisons across topics, countries & time.
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Thread: 1/11 New features of the 2018 ed. include e.g.
- new key indicators at #regional levels
- #wages & #investment data by activity now also available for #Turkey
- comparable #structural breakdown for all countries
Find below examples of some conclusions from the newly released data
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Today we release our annual @wiiw_news Autumn #Forecast Report, with macroeconomic projections for #CESEE out to 2020. Below, a thread on the highlights 1/13 #Growth still looks quite good for most, notable upgrades this time for #Poland, #Serbia, #Hungary. But downgrades for several #EU members, plus #Turkey, #Macedonia and #Belarus. 2/13