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Economy | 23.07.10 | 12:36

Growth or stagnation?: Government critics challenge official macroeconomic statistics

By Gayane Mkrtchyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Economists this week have reacted vigorously to the latest portion of statistics provided by the country’s National Statistical Service (NSS), which posted macroeconomic indicators characterizing the socio-economic situation in Armenia in the first six months of this year.

While those in the government camp, including politicians and pro-government analysts, view the posted data as more proof that the country is securely on the road to recovery after a year of economic slump caused by the global recession, those on the other side of the political fence claim that the figures are “very well drawn”.

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Sasuntsi (unverified)
03.08.2010 07:15
Not only agricultural workers are lined up to leave failed, corrupt Armenia. Anyone with a brain knows there are no good jobs unless it is related to corrupt government officials and oligarchs. "Everyone is leaving" is what you hear on the streets now. The Dodi Gago's and Serj's can order their stooges to cook the books and financial reports, but Armenia's decline is clear to see. It's amazing that those goofs rant and rave about Karabakh and lost lands in Turkey when they can't even govern Armenia itself, but instead bring only economic ruin and hopelessness.
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