ECB eurozone growth forecast for 2010-12

December 03, 2010 | 09:39
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The European Central Bank on Thursday published its latest staff forecasts for inflation and growth in the 16-nation euro area.

The following is a table of all of the ECB's projections, which it releases each quarter. The figures are expressed as percentage changes.

The mid-point value of a forecast range is used in AFP stories to clarify the bank's estimates and the previous forecast from September is in parenthesis.

The figures can also be consulted at the following web address:

http://www.ecb.de/pub/pdf/other/eurosystemstaffprojections201012en.pdf

2010 2011 2012

Inflation +1.6 (+1.6) 1.8 (+1.7) 1.5

Real GDP growth +1.7 (+1.6) 1.4 (+1.4) 1.7

Private consumption +0.7 (+0.2) +0.9 (+0.7) +1.4

Government consumption +0.9 (+0.8) -0.1 (+0.5) +0.3

Investment -1.0 (-1.5) +1.3 (+0.7) +2.7

Exports +10.8 (+8,7) +6.2 (+6.1) +5.6

Imports +9.0 (+7.0) +5.1 (+4.7) +5.2

AFP

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