Demand Destruction To Persist Through 2010

Consumer spending will remain under the cosh in Bosnia and Herzegovina over H210 (calendar). A mishmash of elevated unemployment, fiscal austerity measures and weak investment inflows will continue to weigh down on households' balance sheets with our Europe team expecting real private consumption to contract by 2% in 2010 having already plunged by 7% in 2009.

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