{"id":534931,"date":"2026-04-20T08:10:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T05:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=534931"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T07:58:07","slug":"edb-expects-belarusian-gdp-to-return-to-growth-in-the-second-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/edb-expects-belarusian-gdp-to-return-to-growth-in-the-second-quarter","title":{"rendered":"EDB Expects Belarusian GDP to Return to Growth in the Second Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Belarusian GDP is expected to return to growth in the second quarter. This is stated in the weekly review of the economies of EDB member states.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Belarusian GDP declined by 0.4% in January\u2013March after falling by 1.2% in January\u2013February.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Economic activity is gradually recovering amid an expansion in retail trade, which grew by 6% year-on-year after previously growing by 1.6% year-on-year. Investment activity has also improved: the rate of decline in investment slowed to -3% year-on-year after -7.1% year-on-year, due to increased investment in equipment (+1.5% year-on-year). Agriculture (+2.6% year-on-year) continues to support the economy,&#8221;<\/em> the EDB review says.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, industrial production continues to restrain GDP growth, with output declining by 3.4% over the first three months of the year.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The continued high level of domestic demand and the recovery of construction create conditions for GDP to return to positive territory in the second quarter of 2026,&#8221;<\/em> the EDB <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/eabr_bank\/1233\">concludes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belarusian GDP is expected to return to growth in the second quarter. This is stated in the weekly review of the economies of EDB member states. As a reminder, Belarusian GDP declined by 0.4% in January\u2013March after falling by 1.2% in January\u2013February. &#8220;Economic activity is gradually recovering amid an expansion in retail trade, which grew [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":493546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/69e5dc9631fc2.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"EDB Expects Belarusian GDP to Return to Growth in the Second Quarter"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-534931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}