The batch of preliminary Q1 GDP figures for Emerging Europe due next week should confirm that, while regional growth peaked last year, it remained relatively strong at the start of 2018. The pace of expansion accelerated in Russia, and growth in Turkey and Central Europe held up well. It appears that Romania was the only economy to experience a significant slowdown in Q1.
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