2024-01-09
Only hope remains when market distortions are even stronger
Market expectations of rapid disinflation remain, but underlying risks come from commodity costs, monetary supply, and trade protectionism.
Tag: export
2023-12-23
The fire looks smaller, but the ashes keep burning
The core inflation is persistently higher than headline, while expansionary fiscal policy increases the pressure and weaken the competitiveness.
2023-12-16
Real growth need focus and free markets, not smoke
The current decline in Estonia’s exports is more a reflection of the weakness in foreign markets and the problems with competitiveness.
2023-11-11
To clinch economic efficiency, reject the chimera of growth
In an open system, economic transformation led by the freedom of private initiative requires to focus on the amelioration of market exchange.
2023-11-04
Election the game changer: from waste to wealth?
The transparency in public finance is key for better controlling public spending: with 5.5-6% of GDP Warsaw has the highest deficit in the EU.
2023-10-28
Domino risk on the rise: it’s a hard-loan life
Estonian banks’ profits have grown fast when the income on loans linked to Euribor increased. Now risks come from loan losses at the window.
2023-10-14
When growth and exports fall, debt raises
Estonia receives more financials from abroad than it is investing: services exports drop (-2% YoY), and the consolidated debt grows +9% YoY.
2023-09-23
The new Business Guide to Latvia: 2023 edition
The new business guide from LIAA helps investors and professionals by integrating into the labour market, local culture, and community.
2023-09-16
Manufacturing and sales downturn weights on the wage-price spiral
Inflation will close to 9%, while the low estimates of competitiveness in Germany and Finland deepen the economic uncertainty.
2023-09-02
There’s no easy nor rapid way out of stagflation
Estonian GDP shrank by 2.9% YoY: about 40% of the value created by companies is intended for export, which since last year has lost competitiveness.