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AOAR’s predictions resulted following an online focus group with the association’s members.
Thus, most of the business representatives expect Romania to post a GDP growth of between 0.5% and 1%, but some respondents predicted a 2% growth.
Most of the polled businesspeople expect the inflation rate to set at 4% at the end of 2010, above the central bank’s forecast of 3.5%.
The budget deficit is seen between 5% and 7% of the GDP. Romania’s leu exchange rate is estimated at RON4.2 to the euro.
According to AOAR, the jobless rate will be at 8%.