2022-05-28
Labor productivity is the real stimulus for economic rewiring
In Q1 employment in Estonia rose by 5.1% YoY, giving hope on the ability to absorb the shock of a fiscal and monetary tightening.
Category: Economic Policy
2022-05-21
It’s citizens who pay market distortions and inflation policies
In Poland, second-round effects thrive in an environment of expansionary fiscal policy, buoyant wages growth, and consumption boom.
2022-05-14
Lithuania set to strengthen capital markets and attract more FDI
In March the deficit in the CAB was up by 2.6 times due to an increase in the foreign trade deficit. The annual inflation growth rate stands at 15.6%.
2022-05-07
Labor market in Estonia: it’s not all gold what glitters
Although growth in employment accelerated, and the restrictions did not deliver any major setback, the labor force participation rate fell.
2022-04-30
Stagflation is the price of superseding efficiency with political agenda
In Latvia, inflation projections for 2022 and 2023 have been revised upwards. The uptrend in prices is driven by several factors, mainly political.
2022-04-23
Energy pragmatism is possible, all it despises is rhetoric
Lithuania’s Independence, a so-called Floating Storage Regasification Unit, offers a case study for those looking to pivot away from Russian gas.
2022-04-16
Appreciation is not enough in the fight against inflation
The Bank of Poland takes its main rate to 4.5%, projecting 6.5% this year and 7.5% in 2023. Meanwhile, companies are passing higher costs on to CPI.
2022-04-09
Is the Green Dream postponed by Ukraine’s wake-up call?
As coal has the biggest potential to lower gas demand, Poland wants to use it to produce electricity after 2049 to bolster its energy security.
2022-04-02
Fighting fire with fire… it’s consumers who get burnt
The conflict in Ukraine has created another excuse to blame inflation on oil and natural gas, rather than the increase in the money supply.
2022-03-26
Simple focus on consumption propels air in GDP bubble
Household consumption will keep sustaining the Polish economic growth o\in 2022, and high producer prices will be passed on to final consumers.