{"id":544992,"date":"2026-05-25T08:05:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=544992"},"modified":"2026-05-25T10:47:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T07:47:17","slug":"edb-names-conditions-for-accelerating-belarus-s-gdp-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/edb-names-conditions-for-accelerating-belarus-s-gdp-growth","title":{"rendered":"EDB Names Conditions for Accelerating Belarus\u2019s GDP Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Eurasian Development Bank expects Belarus\u2019s GDP to continue growing in the second quarter. Belarus\u2019s economy returned to growth in January\u2013April, with GDP increasing by 0.2%. Previously, it had declined in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;Rising consumer activity, recovering investment and improved dynamics in construction are creating conditions for accelerated GDP growth in the second quarter of 2026&#8221;<\/i><\/em>, the bank said in its weekly review of the economies of its member states.<\/p>\n<p>According to EDB experts, industry remains a constraining factor, with output continuing to decline.<\/p>\n<p><em><i>&#8220;Consumer demand provided the main support, with retail turnover rising by 6.2% year on year. The investment situation is gradually improving. The decline in construction work slowed to 2.8% year on year in January\u2013April from 4.2% year on year in January\u2013March. Fixed capital investment decreased by 0.6% year on year after a decline of 3.0% year on year, supported by a 6.7% year-on-year increase in investment in equipment&#8221;<\/i><\/em>, the EDB added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eurasian Development Bank expects Belarus\u2019s GDP to continue growing in the second quarter. Belarus\u2019s economy returned to growth in January\u2013April, with GDP increasing by 0.2%. Previously, it had declined in the first quarter. &#8220;Rising consumer activity, recovering investment and improved dynamics in construction are creating conditions for accelerated GDP growth in the second quarter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":496871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6a13fe889ef93.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"EDB Names Conditions for Accelerating Belarus\u2019s GDP Growth"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-544992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-business"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544992","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=544992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}