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Prime Minister: We should work jointly  to secure at least 8-9% of  economic growth in 2020

Prime Minister: We should work jointly  to secure at least 8-9% of  economic growth in 2020

ArmInfo.We should work jointly  to ensure at least 8-9% economic growth in 2020. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote about this on his Facebook page.

According to him, growth must be ensured, including the sector of  agriculture, removing it from the state of recession. "There are all  prerequisites for this," the head of government wrote, expressing  satisfaction with the results of last year. "I estimate the results  of 2019 as brilliant," Nikol Pashinyan emphasized.

It should be noted that the World Bank in 2020 expects a slowdown in  Armenia's GDP growth to 5.1%, with acceleration - up to 5.2% in 2021  and 2022. The IMF forecasts growth of GDP of Armenia in the current  year within 4.5%, the Central Bank of Armenia in the range of  6.7-7.2%.