The International Monetary Fund (IMF), in its latest report titled Regional Economic Outlook: Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP), predicted a 4.5 percent real GDP growth for the Islamic Republic of Iran in 2016.
According to the report, Iran will experience a 4.1 percent GDP growth in 2017, while the country’s consumer price inflation will stand at 7.4 percent in 2016 and 7.2 percent in 2017.
Current account balance in Iran will hit 4.2 percent of GDP in 2016 and 3.3 percent of GDP in the year after.