Macroeconomic Report First Quarter 2019

Macroeconomic Report First Quarter 2019

Macroeconomic Report First Quarter 2019

After impressively socio-economic achievements in 2018, Vietnam is expected to continue its momentum in 2019, aiming at achieving planned figures set out for 2016-2020. However, Vietnam has also identified some difficulties and challenges to realize its expectation, especially in the context of an increasingly uncertain global economy and limited policy space for promoting growth. The Government continues to emphasize on macroeconomic stability, improving business environment and enhancing economic resilience as major priorities. Movements of economic growth and inflation have been closely monitored, with lots of executing actions and messages throughout the first quarter.

This macroeconomic report serves several objectives, including: (i) to update, and review macroeconomic development and policy changes in Q1/2019 with evidence-based analysis and perspectives of experts/Central Institute for Economic Management; (ii) to update the macroeconomic outlook for 2019; (iii) to analyze in depth selected economic issues with quantitative and/or qualitative findings; and (iv) to make recommendations on economic reforms (including institutional reforms) and on macroeconomic policies in 2019.

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