(Bloomberg) -- Not having a government won't stop Spain from outperforming its main euro-area peers. The nation's economic growth is set to outpace Germany, Italy and France this year and next, according to the International Monetary Fund's latest World Economic Outlook. While the IMF upgraded Spain's prospects to 3.1 percent for 2016, it downgraded the forecast for Italy and France.
To contact the reporter on this story: Maria Tadeo in Madrid at mtadeo@bloomberg.net. To contact the editors responsible for this story: Fergal O'Brien at fobrien@bloomberg.net, Zoe Schneeweiss
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