Economics
Euro-Zone Malaise Exposes Eastern EU’s Economic Weak Spot
- Growth eased in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in 4Q
- Domestic demand is limiting the extent of the slowdown
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Economies in eastern Europe revealed on Friday the pain being transmitted by the weakness afflicting their richer neighbors.
Data showed a further slowdown in the fourth quarter in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Bulgaria, though Romania and Slovakia quickened.