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Forecasts for Latvian GDP vary wildly, while IMF predicts hard-landing
RIGA - An informal debate erupted last week over how Latvia’s economy will fare this year, with foreign analysts generally predicting doom and gloom and local experts adhering to their typically Panglossian outlook. The first salvo was fired by the International Monetary Fund, which forecast in its latest report that Latvia’s economy – the fastest growing in the EU over the past three years – would undergo a hard landing and suffer a bout of stagnation in 2009. Gross domestic product is expe ...| The article you requested can be accessed only by subscribing to the online version of The Baltic Times. If you are already subscribed to The Baltic Times, please log on using the form on the top of the page. If you don't have a membership yet - please subscribe. |
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The lita and the euro
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Estonia’s economic woes deepen
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