Economic Policy - FDI to the Baltic

2022-02-19

Lithuania: CAB down despite the good performance in services

Last December the surplus on the CAB contracted to €66.5 million due to a significant widening of the foreign trade deficit.

2022-02-12

GDP and consumption booms continue, but price-wage spiral too, as consequence of expansionary economic policy in recent years.

2022-02-05

Riga is facing multiple challenges: energy prices, increasingly unemployed, a domestic market fall, global supply chain disruptions.

2022-01-29

The example of Estonia suggests that the focus on an efficient allocation of resources works more effectively than a stimulus of demand.

2022-01-22

Lithuanian export of goods rose more rapidly than imports. The largest share of FDI was attracted by companies in financial and insurance activities.

2022-01-15

NBP action lags behind other CEE central banks, while authorities pretend the elevated CPI to be a result of external supply shocks.

2022-01-08

The risk of wage-price spirals is increasing in front of labour shortages, commodity prices, and the tax changes introduced in the new “Polish Deal”.

2022-01-01

Estonia showed one of the fastest recoveries from the crisis with an economic growth of 8%. However, a slow down is now expected.

2021-12-25

GDP growth projections for 2021-22 have been revised downwards, hit by shortages of materials, equipment, labour and rising energy costs.

2021-12-18

Last October the CAB surplus went up to €349.0 million. The primary income balance turned to surplus due to agricultural subsidies from the EU.