Flash estimate puts Latvia's economic downturn in 2020 at 3.5 pct


RIGA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Stricken by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the Latvian economy shrank by an estimated 3.5 percent in 2020, the national statistics office informed on Monday, citing preliminary data.

The Ministry of Economics indicated that towards the end of last year, the contraction of the Baltic country's GDP considerably slowed in comparison with the second and third quarters of the year, as growth gradually returned in sectors less affected by the coronavirus crisis.

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