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A chill wind blows east

We expect the Emerging European economy to shrink by 3% this year, with no meaningful recovery until 2011. What’s more, further IMF bailouts look likely over the coming months as a number of the ‘Super Deficit’ countries are cut adrift from global capital markets. The Polish economy may fare best while Ukraine and Latvia could contract by 10% or more.

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