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Emerging Europe Weekly: Tariffs will put a big dent in the CEE recovery

If the US tariffs on imports from the EU announced this week are kept in place, our current assessment is that this will lower GDP growth across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) by 0.3-0.4%-pts on average over the coming year. But despite the downside risks to growth, central banks in the region are likely to be more focused on the upside inflationary risks from tariffs. 

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