2022-06-18
Time to enhance productivity and cut the money supply
In May, inflation in Estonia touched 20% over the year, with higher energy costs being passed through to the prices of goods and services.
Tag: export
2022-06-11
Lithuania is resilient, but it’s time to fight inflation
Following a rapid recovery from the pandemic, the Lithuanian economy faces the economics of the conflict in Ukraine in a strong position.
2022-06-04
Rail Baltica is the hope for rail carriages and Riga’s logistics
As the price of almost all goods and services continued to increase, the scenario in Latvia is worsened by the transport sector.
2022-05-21
It’s citizens who pay market distortions and inflation policies
In Poland, second-round effects thrive in an environment of expansionary fiscal policy, buoyant wages growth, and consumption boom.
2022-05-14
Lithuania set to strengthen capital markets and attract more FDI
In March the deficit in the CAB was up by 2.6 times due to an increase in the foreign trade deficit. The annual inflation growth rate stands at 15.6%.
2022-03-19
When growth is consumption-driven, inflation is the price
The Latvian economy already returned to its pre-pandemic level in 2021, only thanks to household consumption, wage growth and savings.
2022-03-12
War heats inflation on trade deficit and real growth
In Lithuania, the inflation rate reached around 11% in early 2022, and heating bills are expected to increase by 50% to 60%.
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.
2022-02-05
Damage to competitiveness isn’t transitory, hope and rhetoric are
Riga is facing multiple challenges: energy prices, increasingly unemployed, a domestic market fall, global supply chain disruptions.
2022-01-22
Lithuania: CAB down, but exports and reinvestments keep up
Lithuanian export of goods rose more rapidly than imports. The largest share of FDI was attracted by companies in financial and insurance activities.