October 11 (SeeNews) - Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) said it has affirmed its July forecast for Kosovo's 2017 economic growth at 3.5%.
Kosovo’s economy is expected to retain its 3.5% growth rate in both 2018 and 2019, RBI said in its latest Central & Eastern European Strategy published last week.
The country’s consumer price inflation is expected to follow an upward trend, growing steadily from 1.5% in 2017, to 2.0% next year and 2.5% in 2019.
Kosovo's current account deficit is projected to gradually decrease from 9.5% this year to 7.5% in 2018 and 5.7% in 2019, RBI said.