What, you all do? Your luck is in boys and girls.
Eurozone 2017 GDP 1.6% vs 1.5% prior. 2018 1.8% vs 1.7% prior
Eurozone inflation 2017 1.7% vs 1.4% prior. 2018 1.4% unch
Eurozone unemployment 2017 9.6% vs 10.0% in 2016. 2018 9.1%
Eurozone aggregate budget deficit 2017 1.4% vs 1.7% in 2016. 2018 1.4%
Eurozone government debt 2017 90.4% vs 91.5% in 2016. 2018 89.2%
They see every EU member state growing in 2016/17 & 18.
For some reason Reuters has specifically noted that the EC see UK growth this year at 1.5% vs 2.0% last year, and at 1.2% in 2018. Official UK forecasts are 2.0% & 1.6% for those periods. Is the EC trying to say something? ;-)
Other highlights;
German investment to slow to 2.1% in 2017 vs 2.5% in 2016. 2018 2.5%
France budget def 2.9% of GDP 2017 vs 3.3% 2016. To rise above EC target again in 2018
Spain budget def 3.5% 2017 vs 4.7% 2016. 2018 2.9%
