2024-02-13
Poland: the goods trade deficit is still here
December data show a deficit of PLN 0.1bn in the country’s current account, with trade in goods declined the sharpest in 2023.
Tag: manufacturing
2024-02-03
Poland: one apple a day keeps the export awake
The value of the export of apples in January 2022 was $28,000, and a year later it increased by 50 times. The result for the whole of 2023 is almost $5 mln
2024-01-16
Poland: the export decrease weights on the BOP
Last November the downward trend in export goods continued (-8.3% to 12 months prior). The value of goods imports decreased by 13.8%.
2024-01-13
EU transfers are the real value for Lithuania
Last November the surplus on the CAB decreased by 34.3%, where the trade balance suffers alongside exports (services -3.2%).
2024-01-06
In the Green Dream too, haste is a poor advisor
Setting a more realistic date for coal exit will allow the selection of units that will stay on line to keep system supplied while attracting green investments.
2023-12-26
Latvia: new investment looking for infrastructure and production
Multi-million projects for the construction of new industrial parks in Jelgava, Ventspils, Liepaja, and Daugavpils received the green light.
2023-12-05
Latvia boosts clean energy with new plants and investment
Riga is setting up ten new wind power plants with a total capacity of at least 800 megawatts (MW) and a green hydrogen plant in Ventspils.
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.
2023-10-21
Hope dies last, but doesn’t clear the dark clouds
Despite the decline in manufacturing, ING sees encouraging signs. However, wage growth leaves no space for doubt: the double-digit core inflation will stay.
2023-10-17
Despite progress and innovation, there’s still way to go
Latvia is not yet viewed as an innovation leader and is taking action to integrate into the European digital community.