growth - FDI to the Baltic

2022-04-16

Appreciation is not enough in the fight against inflation

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.

2022-04-02

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.

2022-03-12

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

Last December the surplus on the CAB contracted to €66.5 million due to a significant widening of the foreign trade deficit.

2022-02-12

GDP and consumption booms continue, but price-wage spiral too, as consequence of expansionary economic policy in recent years.

2022-01-22

Lithuanian export of goods rose more rapidly than imports. The largest share of FDI was attracted by companies in financial and insurance activities.

2022-01-15

NBP action lags behind other CEE central banks, while authorities pretend the elevated CPI to be a result of external supply shocks.

2022-01-08

The risk of wage-price spirals is increasing in front of labour shortages, commodity prices, and the tax changes introduced in the new “Polish Deal”.

2022-01-01

Estonia showed one of the fastest recoveries from the crisis with an economic growth of 8%. However, a slow down is now expected.