In the Q4 ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters, Eurozone inflation expectations were revised down on average across all horizons. Real GDP growth expectations was also revised down, particularly for 2020. Meanwhile, unemployment rate expectations were also revised up.
- HICP inflation is projected to be at 1.2% in 2019 (vs Q3 projection of 1.3%), 1.2% in 2020 (vs 1.4%) and 1.4% in 2021 (vs 1.5%).
- Core HICP is projected to be at 1.1% in 2019 (vs 1.1%) 1.2% in 2020 (vs 1.3%), and 1.4% in 2021 (vs 1.5%).
- Real GDP growth is projected to be at 1.1% in 2019 (vs 1.2%), 1.0% in 2020 (vs 1.3%) and 1.3% in 2021 (vs 1.4%).
- Unemployment rate is projected to be at 7.6% in 2019 (vs 7.6%), 7.5% in 2020 (vs 7.4%) and 7.4% in 2021 (vs 7.3%.
