2023-01-21
With production down and inflation, people are laid off
In Estonia, consumers have not been able to keep pace with inflation in recent months, and retail sales volumes have started to fall.
Tag: manufacturing
2022-12-17
Supply chain improvement is just a timeout: energy is 60% higher
In Poland, the risk of annual growth falling to negative is high. And building construction will be one of the weakest spots of the domestic economy in 2023.
2022-12-13
Health and beauty boost the natural value of Polish exports
In Poland, organic food is going to reach 10% market share by 2030, while natural and organic cosmetics segment has been increasingly recognised.
2022-11-22
The Baltic Hub adds new investments to its collection
Lithuania is the home to a few of the EU’s largest neo-banks and crypto platforms with one of the highest densities of start-ups per capita.
2022-11-19
Lithuania: CAB deficit exposed, USA is the main investor
In 2021 the USA was the main investor in the country. Last September, the deficit on the current account balance slightly narrowed.
2022-11-12
Gas supplies and hope at risk before winter ends
The rise in relative costs and the gas storage/demand gap in Latvia will make the path rockier, thus weakening competitiveness.
2022-11-01
Poland of steel: deterioration offset by growth and profit
In 2021 and Q1 2022, the Polish metals and steel sector rose with elevated growth and profits, followed by additional purchases at the brick of the war.
2022-10-22
Poland and zloty’s weaknesses on the brick of no-return
Elevated inflation is weighing on the propensity to consume and keeps undermining the purchasing power, while GDP growth decelerates.
2022-10-11
How Fintech fuels a 13.2-bn race to the Baltic
Fintech is one of the fastest growing sectors to the Baltic, with 118 of about 400 start-ups in 2021 (+57% to 2019).
2022-09-24
When will the energy shock blow-up the inflationary everything-bubble?
Despite retail sales in Poland rising by 4.2% YoY in August, with the inflationary everything-bubble prospects for upcoming quarters are deteriorating.