The ruling coalition, composed of the Socialist Party of Albania (SPA) of the prime minister, Edi Rama, and the Socialist Movement for Integration (SMI), has a sizeable majority, controlling 83 out of the 140 seats in parliament.
The government faces the challenge of bringing about fiscal consolidation while attempting to stimulate economic growth.
The current-account deficit is forecast to rise from an estimated 11.6% of GDP in 2014 to an average of 12.9% of GDP in 2015-16 as import demand picks up.

Summary 7

Basic data 8

Political structure 9

Economic structure 10

Annual indicators 10

Quarterly indicators 11

Comparative economic indicators 12

Outlook for 2015-16 13

Political outlook 13

Economic policy outlook 15

Economic forecast 16

Recent analysis 19

Politics 19

Economy 24

International assumptions summary 16

Forecast summary 18

Gross domestic product 18

Consumer price inflation 18

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