Belarus reported a GDP growth of 3.1% for the first eight months of the year, driven mainly by industry, construction, and trade. Authorities have set a GDP growth target of 3.8% for 2023. Various international organizations have different forecasts for Belarus’s economy, ranging from the optimistic 2.2% by the Eurasian Development Bank to a negative outlook from the EBRD. Separately, Latvia is closing one of its two border checkpoints with Belarus amid a surge of migrant attempts to enter the country.