Picking apart the divergence in Central Europe in Q4

The full breakdown of Q4 GDP data for Central Europe showed that net trade exerted a drag on growth in Poland while it provided a boost to Czechia and Hungary. But looking ahead, mounting headwinds to the recovery mean that we now expect GDP to grow only marginally in the first half of 2021.

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