inflation - FDI to the Baltic

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%.

2022-03-05

Following a record GDP growth (8.5%) in 2021, the Estonian economy will slow in 2022, still maintaining a strong pace (+4%).

2022-02-12

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

2022-02-05

Riga is facing multiple challenges: energy prices, increasingly unemployed, a domestic market fall, global supply chain disruptions.

2022-01-29

The example of Estonia suggests that the focus on an efficient allocation of resources works more effectively than a stimulus of demand.

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.

2021-12-25

GDP growth projections for 2021-22 have been revised downwards, hit by shortages of materials, equipment, labour and rising energy costs.

2021-12-11

In Latvia, real GDP has decelerated, hit by production and supply disruptions. The growth of purchasing power is uneven and exceeded by wages.