🌍 Europe Oct 8, 2026 · Emerging Europe Insight

Slower growth in Europe and Central Asia

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Slower growth in Europe and Central Asia
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Harnessing AI could improve productivity and help offset demographic pressures.



Amid higher energy prices, heightened uncertainty, and weaker economic expansion in trading partners, growth in Europe and Central Asia is likely to slow to 2.2 per cent in 2026 from 2.6 per cent in 2025, according to the World Bank’s latest Europe and Central Asia Economic Update: Making AI Work: Jobs, Firms, and Productivity, released this week.



The slowdown is broad-based, reflecting weakness in most countri

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