{"id":152436,"date":"2025-08-25T13:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T10:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152436\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"edb-domestic-demand-key-driver-of-belarus-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/152436\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: domestic demand key driver of Belarus\u2019 economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>August 25, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Sectors focused on domestic demand are driving Belarus\u2019 economic growth, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic report, citing steady growth in retail, food services, construction and investments in January \u2013 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus&#8217; GDP growth slowed to 1.3 percent in January-July after a 2.1-percent rise in the first half of 2025, the EDB said, linking the trend to a 0.3-percent decline in industrial output amid falling exports and growing inventories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Agricultural output also dropped by 12.7 percent in the first seven months due to a later harvest, the report noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vvp_quasa_io-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vvp_quasa_io-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vvp_quasa_io-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/vvp_quasa_io.jpg 723w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus\u2019 economic growth decelerates to 1.3 percent in January-July<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">August 18, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 economic growth slowed to 1.3 percent year-on-year in the first seven months of 2025, down from 2.1 percent in the first half of the year, the National Statistical Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reports. GDP growth has been losing &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/151597\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 25, Pozirk. Sectors focused on domestic demand are driving Belarus\u2019 economic growth, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic report, citing steady growth in retail, food services, construction and investments in January \u2013 July. 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