2022-09-27
Gas-through-the-Baltic: the hope for energy diversification is still warm
Poland has launched the Baltic Pipe, the infrastructure which will deliver 6.5 billion cubic meters of Norwegian gas in 2023.
Tag: energy
2022-09-24
When will the energy shock blow-up the inflationary everything-bubble?
Despite retail sales in Poland rising by 4.2% YoY in August, with the inflationary everything-bubble prospects for upcoming quarters are deteriorating.
2022-09-13
Stability and rule-of-law make the recipe for investors’ confidence
Energy independence, the fight against the shadow economy, digitization, stability and rule-of-law are essential for Latvia’s competitiveness and FDI attraction.
2022-09-10
Higher-cost and less-output production: now competitiveness is at stake
In Estonia, the consumer basket price was 24.8% higher YoY. Orders have declined, making harder to pass the higher costs to the final products. Competitiveness is at stake.
2022-08-27
Is the calm-before-the-winter-storm in front of the labor market?
Polish industrial production grew by 7.6% YoY, thus decelerating rapidly in recent months. The economy and the labor market must adjust to a new energy shock.
2022-08-13
Stimuli give prices risky wings when prudence is golden
In Latvia, the State programme for house purchase provides a boost to the price increase, lowering the effectiveness of the macroprudential policy.
2022-08-06
Recession to cure inflation? Now stagflation is knocking
In Estonia, inflation over the year has reached 22.8%. Meanwhile, growth in retail sales and industrial output has slowed down.
2022-07-23
Inflation: know your enemy despite the now-dovish rhetoric
In Poland, June CPI rose to 15.5% YoY, where energy carriers were 35.1% more expensive than a year earlier, with fuels +46.7%.
2022-07-16
No monetary pumping, no inflation nor wealth erosion
In Estonia, consumer prices rose 21.9% in June over the year, whereas the share of energy in the consumer basket is higher only in Latvia.
2022-07-09
Private savings, not monetary pumping, will boost economic growth
In Latvia, inflation was on the rise in June (+19.3% YoY). Businesses transferred the cost increase to the prices and made consumers pay for it.