CIA • 1989

NID: EASTERN EUROPE: GROWTH STILL SLOW

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826740 Special Analysis � EASTERN EUROPE: � -Torirefe4- TCS 2794119 Ftie%� �ct Growth Still Slow East European GNP grew about 1.6 percent in real terms last year and probably will grow only slightly more this year. Major improvements in economic performance would require ecanonsk,eIo_rnt and austerity policies that would risk social instability. Economic- growth in the region has improved front the 1987 rate of 0.1 percent...