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A glance at the EU's latest economic forecasts

A look at European Union's latest economic forecasts for the 17-member eurozone

The latest economic forecast from the European Union shows that the recession in the eurozone will continue into 2013 with unemployment remaining at record levels.

Here is a glance at the latest economic forecasts.

Growth rates in annual GDP and unemployment

rates, 2012 vs 2013 (percentage)

2012 GDP(Estimate)

2013 GDP(Forecast)

2012 Unemployment(Estimate)

2013 Unemployment(Forecast)

European Union(27 countries)

-0.3

-0.1

10.5

11.1

Eurozone (17 Countries)

-0.6

-0.4

11.4

12.2

Austria

0.8

0.6

4.3

4.7

Belgium

-0.2

0.0

7.6

8.0

Cyprus

-2.4

-8.7

11.9

15.5

Estonia

3.2

3.0

10.2

9.7

Finland

-0.2

0.3

7.7

8.1

France

0.0

-0.1

10.2

10.6

Germany

0.7

0.4

5.5

5.4

Greece

-6.4

-4.2

24.3

27.0

Ireland

0.9

1.1

14.7

14.2

Italy

-2.4

-1.3

10.7

11.8

Luxembourg

0.3

0.8

5.1

5.5

Malta

0.8

1.4

6.4

6.3

Netherlands

-1.0

-0.8

5.3

6.9

Portugal

-3.2

-2.3

15.9

18.2

Slovenia

-2.3

-2.0

8.9

10.0

Slovakia

2.0

1.0

14.0

14.5

Spain

-1.4

-1.5

25.0

27.0

United States

2.2

1.9

8.1

7.7

Source: European Commission

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