Serbia’s Prime Minister Ana Brnabic told Reuters on Monday the country’s economy was expected to grow 2.5 percent this year and 3 percent in 2018
The International Monetary Fund, with which Serbia had signed a 1.2 billion euro ($1.43 billion) loan deal, has forecast growth of 3 percent this year.
But last month the central bank warned of downside risks associated with energy production and the effect on agriculture of months of drought.
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Brnabic said she expected the government to decide on a new IMF loan deal by the end of the year. The current one expires in February.
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