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Economy / Lithuania
Relations between Lithuania and neighbouring Belarus are being tested amid a diplomatic row surrounding the arrest of the former's senior police officer, Laimonas Bankauskas on the two countries' border on August 16 for alleged possession of drugs. The head of Lithuania's mounted police force was apprehended by Belarus security forces on the border, after reportedly having discovered...
2010-08-26Economy / Lithuania
Signs of Lithuania's painful internal devaluation continue to abound, with the current account posting a EUR12.72mn surplus during the first quarter, in stark contrast to the EUR16.08mn...
2010-08-26Economy / Estonia
The Estonian government is likely to tap the international bond market for general government financing in 2011 after the country adopts the euro. Public bond issuance in Estonia has...
2010-08-26Economy / Mongolia
Suzuki Muneo, a member of the Japanese House of Representatives and head of the country's Standing Committee on Security and Foreign Policy, visited Mongolia on July 22, as part of an event commemorating the 20th anniversary of Mongolia's first post-Soviet democratic elections. The visit supports our view that Ulan Bator is likely to maintain strong diplomatic ties with a number...
2010-07-27Economy / Kyrgyzstan
Total money transfers sent back by Kyrgyz nationals working in Russia (a key source of remittances for Kyrgyzstan's economy) totalled US$204mn in the first quarter of 2010 compared...
2010-07-26Economy / Kazakhstan
Consumer price inflation continues to moderate in 2010, with the index rising only 7.0% y-o-y in May down from 7.1% in April and 7.4% back in February. We hold to our view that inflation...
2010-07-26Economy / Slovenia
Despite a lacklustre recovery and expectations for global demand growth to turn downwards again in H210, we maintain that another period of deflation is unlikely in Slovenia. We hold to our end-year consumer price growth forecasts of 1.7% and 2.3% for 2010 and 2011 respectively. Euro weakness in particular, is likely to ensure that the key food and energy price components of the...
2010-08-27Economy / Slovenia
A core Slovenian government policy to bolster local banks through loan guarantees and liquidity support measures is likely to continue through 2011. A weak macroeconomic recovery and...
2010-08-27Economy / Slovenia
Slovenian unemployment stayed flat at 10.5% according to latest data for June, reinforcing our view that the economic recovery will be protracted. Indeed, while Slovenia hit the trough...
2010-08-27
