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Spain to revise 2018 economic forecast to above 2.5pc

Published January 9, 2018 Updated January 9, 2018 07:47pm

"The projections that will accompany the next budget will include for sure a revision upwards of the growth rate ... the scenario is a growth rate clearly above 2.5 pct," de Guindos said during a conference to mark Spain Investor Day.

Spain cut this year's growth prediction in the midst of a political crisis in the wealthy region of Catalonia in October, though the government has said that, if the problem was resolved, the forecast would be increased.

 

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