{"id":196348,"date":"2026-07-20T11:44:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196348\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T08:44:45","slug":"edb-stronger-investment-domestic-demand-drive-belarus-economic-growth","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196348\/","title":{"rendered":"EDB: stronger investment, domestic demand drive Belarus&#8217; economic growth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 20, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Stronger domestic demand and a rebound in investment propelled Belarus\u2019 GDP growth \u2013 from 1 percent in January\u2013May to 1.5 percent in January\u2013June, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retail sales growth accelerated to 7.6 percent from 7.1 percent a month earlier, while capital expenditures increased by 4.1 percent, it noted. Analysts also said the recovery in investment was driven by renewed growth in capital construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.5 percent in the first half of the year after contracting in the first quarter, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported last week. The EDB projects growth of 1.3 percent in 2026, while the government expects it to increase by 2.8 percent.<\/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 picks up sharply in H1<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 17, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 1.5 percent in the first half of the year after contracting in the first quarter, the National Statistics Committee (Bie\u0142stat) reported. GDP shrank by 1.2 percent in January, remained down &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/196082\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 20, Pozirk. Stronger domestic demand and a rebound in investment propelled Belarus\u2019 GDP growth \u2013 from 1 percent in January\u2013May to 1.5 percent in January\u2013June, the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) said in its weekly macroeconomic review. Retail sales growth accelerated to 7.6 percent from 7.1 percent a month earlier, while capital expenditures increased by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[21],"class_list":["post-196348","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EDB: stronger investment, domestic demand drive Belarus&#039; economic growth | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 20, Pozirk. 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