energy - FDI to the Baltic

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.

2022-05-21

In Poland, second-round effects thrive in an environment of expansionary fiscal policy, buoyant wages growth, and consumption boom.

2022-04-30

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

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

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

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

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

Household consumption will keep sustaining the Polish economic growth o\in 2022, and high producer prices will be passed on to final consumers.

2022-03-19

The Latvian economy already returned to its pre-pandemic level in 2021, only thanks to household consumption, wage growth and savings.

2022-03-12

In Lithuania, the inflation rate reached around 11% in early 2022, and heating bills are expected to increase by 50% to 60%.