ZAGREB, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Croatian Finance Minister Zdravko Maric commented on Wednesday the latest European Commission (EC) forecast on Croatian economy is similar to the government’s projections.
In the latest macroeconomic forecast published on Wednesday, the EC expects 2.8 percent GDP growth in Croatia this year.
According to the forecast, personal consumption should remain the main driver of growth, while the highest risk continues to be the restructuring of Agrokor, the biggest private company in the country that was hit by a debt crisis.
In its provisional winter forecast, the EC estimates that the GDP growth in 2017 would amount to 3.2 percent while predicting economic growth of 2.7 percent in 2019.
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