The Guaranteed Minimum Income should help address rising poverty and make growth more inclusive. The implementation of key structural reforms to reduce the regulatory burden and ease regulation in the energy and transport sectors will boost productivity and growth. The high level of non-performing loans undermines credit growth, holding back investment. To deal with this, the authorities should implement already legislated incentives and performance targets for banks to monitor their progress in reducing bad debt.
GDP growth | |||
2013 Current prices EUR billion |
2016
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2017 % real change |
2018
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180.5 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 |
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©OECD Observer No 308 Q4 2016
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