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War in Ukraine to exacerbate macro imbalances in CEE

The war in Ukraine will exacerbate two key macro risks in Central and Eastern Europe this year: wage-price spirals (particularly in Poland) and widening current account deficits (particularly in Hungary and Romania). Monetary policy will do most of the heavy lifting to cool demand and we think that interest rates will stay higher for longer than most expect. This is one factor behind our below-consensus GDP growth forecasts for the region. In the meantime, currencies will weaken further against the euro.

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