Economy

Unless luck strikes: Economists call Belarus’s next-year growth targets overly optimistic

People at a public transport stop in rainy weather. Photo: LookByMedia
People at a public transport stop in rainy weather. Photo: LookByMedia

Alyaksandr Lukashenka has approved the socio-economic development forecast for 2027. Although these plans are worse than the current ones, they are still overly optimistic, economist Nastassia Luzhina told Belsat. She doubts that the targets handed down from above will be achieved.