The European Commission (EC) releases its predictions in the Spring 2011 Forecasts Report. The EC revised the GDP growth for Turkey for 2011 to 6.1% from the 5.5% in the autumn 2010 report. The GDP growth forecast of the EC for 2012 was also lifted to 5.5% from 4.5%. The EC expects the CA deficit to widen to 7.7% of GDP this year, from 6.7% in 2010 and the current account gap is forecast to increase further to 8.1% of GDP in 2012. The central government budget deficit expectation of the EC for 2011 is 2.8% of GDP and 2.2% in 2012. |
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