Economy
Czech Republic
Czech industrial output rose 5.4% y-o-y in November, compared with a 1.7% increase in October, according to figures revealed by the statistical office. The growth was largely unexpected...
2012-01-30Lithuania
Despite overshooting our 2011 estimate of 4.9% real GDP growth - with the economy expanding by 5.8% last year - we believe that the sharp slowdown in economic activity in Q411 highlights...
2012-01-30Lithuania
Growth in exports throughout the majority of 2011 was almost evenly matched by growth in imports, which has seen a continued widening of Lithuania's trade in goods gap to EUR1.45bn...
2012-01-30Hungary
The most recent economic data released by the Hungarian central bank showed a slight narrowing of the current account surplus in the third quarter of 2011, to EUR380.6mn, down from...
2012-01-26Latvia
We hold to our forecast for growth in the Latvia consumer price index to average 2.6% in 2012 on the back of data released by the statistics bureau, which also showed our forecast for...
2012-01-26Poland
BMI View: Consumer price inflation came in at 4.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December, down from 4.8% in November. Contributing to the decline in price growth was not only a continuation...
2012-01-24Estonia
The retail sales index in Estonia posted strong growth in November, coming in at 5.2% y-o-y. This further lends credence to our view for a strong showing from this sub-component of...
2012-01-24Hungary
According to the most recent data, Hungary's current account surplus narrowed slightly towards EUR380.7mn in Q311, down from EUR530.2mn in Q211. Owing to data being revised down in...
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