The 2018 EUROFRAME Economic Assessment of the Euro Area report has been released.
This Euroframe Report presents an assessment of the economic outlook for 2018 and 2019 focused on the euro area based on a synopsis of the forecasts of Euroframe institutes. Economic activity in the euro area has gained momentum and the upturn is expected to continue with GDP rising by 2.3 per cent and 1.8 per cent in 2017 and 2018, respectively. The report also contains brief country notes summarizing the individual institute’s own country forecasts. In the Focus section, against the backdrop of the progressing recovery, the cyclical position of individual countries and the major remaining macroeconomic imbalances are discussed, based on work done in the Euroframe institutes.
The report can be downloaded here (PDF).