According to the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates, real GDP growth in Q4 2018 will reach 5%. GDP growth amounted to 5.3% in Q4 2017. In Q4 2018, expected GDP growth is driven by the absorption component (5.7 pp), while the contribution of net exports is negative (-0.7pp).

According to the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates, real GDP growth in Q3 2018 will reach 5.2%. GDP growth amounted to 4.4% in Q3 2017.
In Q3 2018 expected GDP growth is driven almost solely by the absorption component, while the contribution of net exports is negligible.

According to the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates, real GDP growth in Q2 2018 will reach 5.1%. GDP growth amounted to 4.9% in Q2 2017.
In Q2 2018 expected GDP growth is driven by the absorption component (5.6 percentage points), while the contribution of net exports is negative (-0.5 percentage points).

According to the Parliamentary Budget Office estimates, real GDP growth in Q1 2018 will reach 4.2%. GDP growth amounted to 5.3% in Q1 2017.
In Q1 2018 expected GDP growth is driven by both absorption (3.8 percentage points) and net exports (0.4 percentage points) components.