DUBLIN: Ireland’s central bank on Wednesday cut its growth forecasts for 2016 and 2017 because of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union but said the full impact would depend on the details of any Britain-EU deal.

The bank cut its GDP forecast to 4.9 percent this year from a previous forecast of 5.1 percent on April 1 and to 3.6 percent next year from 4.2 percent earlier.

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