Central Europe & Baltic States
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Lithuania / Economy
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...
2010-08-26Lithuania / Economy
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...
2010-08-26Estonia / Economy
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...
2010-08-26Country Risk Rating
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...
2010-08-26Estonia
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...
2010-08-26Poland
Despite our expectations for a slowdown in economic activity in Europe over the course of H210 and 2011, we continue to project a relatively robust performance for the Polish economy...
2010-07-28Czech Republic
Czech industrial production notched up its biggest y-o-y gain since January 2001 in May, climbing 16.9% y-o-y as compared to a 10.9% increase in the month prior. We stress that significant...
2010-07-28Lithuania
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...
2010-08-26Estonia
We hold to our forecast for Estonian inflation to average 2.0% in 2010, with latest data for July recording a 2.8% y-o-y rise for the Harmonised Index for Consumer Prices (HICP). Over...
2010-08-26Estonia
A major upside surprise in second quarter Estonian real GDP growth has raised risks to our 0.2% and 2.2% growth forecasts for 2010 and 2011 respectively. We maintain though, that while...
2010-08-25Lithuania
While some improvement to Lithuania's ailing fiscal position has been registered in Q110, we maintain our view that the 3.0% of GDP deficit target remains unattainable by 2012. A weak...
2010-08-23Poland
The July 4 election of Bronislaw Komorowski was a positive development for Poland's political and economic outlook. Indeed, while late-president Lech Kaczynski often proved a roadblock...
2010-07-28Latvia
The Latvian government's approval of a new round of budget cuts for 2011, coupled with a relatively favourable progress assessment by the European Commission, suggest that the fiscal...
2010-06-25Latvia
Latvia's interior minister has survive a vote of no confidence, bolstering political stability in the short term. However, strains on the minority coalition government continue to build,...
2010-05-27Slovakia
We continue to believe that Prime Minister Robert Fico's centre-left Smer party will form the next government following June 12's parliamentary elections, given the party's lead over...
2010-05-11
