2023-12-30
Where merit rules, growth and ideas thrive
Estonia’s FinTech success (+42% income) is attributed to local digital infrastructure, people capital, and the world’s best tax system.
Tag: growth
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.
2023-12-12
Innovation is gold, and continuous investment is the key
Estonia has the most startups and unicorns per capita in Europe, a result of its leadership in education, where digitalization is a cornerstone.
2023-11-21
Among all next-gen solutions, trust is the winning ace
Reliable infrastructure and flexible IT talent make Lithuania fly: 61% of GBS and ICT centres expand existing functions over 2023.
2023-11-18
Despite growth bouncing back, the core of inflation remains
GDP growth to be close to 2% YoY in 4Q23 and around 0.4% for the whole year, but the level of core prices stands still (8%).
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.
2023-11-07
Deep technology makes an opportunity out of any challenge
Economic downturns propel new ventures like the Nordin Tech Valley, where the combined valuation of Estonian, Finnish, and Swedish enterprises nears 400bn.
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.
2023-10-31
Poland has just clinched its place in the Gulf
The agreement between PAIH and Dubai Internet City increases the support for Polish companies in entering the market of the UAE.