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Growth still set to disappoint in 2012

The raft of fourth quarter GDP data released this morning contained something for everyone: while Hungary defied the odds and grew in the final quarter of the year, the Czech economy contracted, making it the first in the region to slip back into recession. In truth, the Q4 data could have been a lot worse. But even so, we still expect growth across the region to disappoint this year.

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