Economic forecast.

The article presents the economic forecasts in Belgium for 2006-2009, including its international assumptions, economic growth, inflation, exchange rates, and external sector. After growing by 2.7% in 2007, gross domestic product (GDP) growth is expected to decelerate to an average of 1.7% in 2008-2009. Inflation rose sharply in the fourth quarter of 2007 before increasing further to 3.6% in January and February 2008 and 4.3% in March.