2024-04-16
No discipline no growth: why fiscal rigor is necessary
The IMF recommends that getting competitiveness back on the track of growth needs decisive fiscal consolidation and increasing productivity.
Tag: export
2024-04-13
Lithuania: services fly high and CAB boosts its value
Last February recorded a rise in the surplus balance of services (+31.6% to €790.7 million) and a decline in primary income deficit (-50.6%).
2024-03-30
Optimism lies only in the news, weak performance persists
Latvia’s economy is projected to be sluggish: labour costs present risks to growth and competitiveness, while fuelling inflation.
2024-03-26
Export and sound money would be the game changer
Additional problems arise when the state softens the recession, widening the budget deficit with additional money into the economy.
2024-03-23
Export and tech synergies pave the way for success
The official opening of PAIH’s branch in Vilnius took place with a seminar for the fintech industry to discuss the local fintech strengths and challenges.
2024-03-19
The game is not over: growth and export are key
Lithuania’s optimism assumes a rapidly increasing household real income: will wages keep rising faster than prices with no consequences?
2024-03-16
Lithuania’s account goes down: a long way to go
With the fall in exports (18.4%) and imports (12.4%) of services, the surplus balance of services decreased by 25.5%.
2024-03-12
After a record-breaking year, now let’s conquer new markets
In Poland, 74 high-quality investments worth EUR 7.4 bn were completed with 20,000 new jobs. And now the prospect of a joint Chamber of Commerce with Mexico.
2024-02-17
Lithuania’s account rises, but there’s still way to go
In December, the surplus on the CAB increased thanks to a drop in the foreign trade deficit and a rise in the surplus balance of services.
2024-02-13
Poland: the goods trade deficit is still here
December data show a deficit of PLN 0.1bn in the country’s current account, with trade in goods declined the sharpest in 2023.