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02-09-2009, 05:10 PM
The Economist Intelligence Unit believes economic growth in the Dominican Republic will be well below the 3% expected by the Central Bank. Anna Szterenfeld, Americas editor for the Economist Intelligence Unit, said that in January they had estimated the Gross Domestic Product would grow 1.8%, but now they have revised this downward. Growth for 2010 is expected to slightly recover up to 2.3%. She attributes the decline in part to the effects of the economic situation in the United States that has continued to deteriorate, she told Hoy newspaper.

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