The collapse in April’s Economic Sentiment Indicators to levels not recorded before in Central and Eastern Europe point to GDP falling by around 6.0% y/y at the start of Q2, more than twice as large as the worst-affected quarter of the global financial crisis. But there were large differences across countries, with sentiment plunging in Poland and falling by less in Hungary and the Czech Republic.
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