The forecast was lowered from 1.8% in the previous WEO published in October.
Hungary's government assumes 1.5% GDP growth this year.
The fresh WEO projects Czechia's economy will contract by 0.5% his year, while Poland's expands by 0.3% and Slovakia's grows by 1.3%.
The IMF puts the average annual inflation in Hungary at 17.7% this year.
Hungary's current-account deficit is set to reach the equivalent of 4.6% of GDP.
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