... 3% and 4% in 2017 and 2018.
However, Forrester lowered its forecast for business and government purchases of tech goods and services, predicting a growth rate of 3.2% in 2017 and 3.9% in 2018, as measured in constant- or local-currency terms.
Growth overall should rise to 3.9% in 2018, but while the USA and a handful of other countries will experience stronger growth, Japan, most of Europe, and many emerging economies will experience weaker growth in tech spending.
The USA, alomg with China, and India will lead growth, with Europe and Japan lagging. Forrester estimates that technology spending in a handful of other countries will see at least 4.5% growth, with another dozen seeing around 3%.
Among other factors, a weaker British pound and uncertainties about the ultimate UK/EU relationship will hurt UK consumer spending and business investment, reducing the UK's real GDP growth to circa 1%. China will sustain 6% growth in real GDP.
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