Croatia » Outlook

International Property Brokers forecast that the EU negotiation process will place heavy policy demands on the government.

Real GDP growth is expected to be 6.1% - 7% between 2008 and 2010. It is forecasted that a narrowing of the budget deficit from 2.6% of GDP this year to only 0.5% of GDP in 2010 would be experienced.

After the price increases of this year, although not dramatic, we expect inflation to remain under 3% in 2008-2009.

In 2008 and 2009 the Current Account deficit is expected to further ease towards 7.5 %, with export increasing more than imports.