Economy

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... 2012-01-30

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... 2012-01-30

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... 2012-01-30

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... 2012-01-26

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... 2012-01-26

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... 2012-01-24

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... 2012-01-24

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... 2011-12-29

According to the most recent data released by the Polish Central Statistical Office, industrial production growth came in at 6.5% y-o-y in October, down from 7.7% in September and 8.1%... 2011-12-29

We have revised up our forecast for unemployment in the Czech Republic to end 2012 at 7.7% from 7.6% previously. We expect average joblessness rate to come in at 7.9%, down slightly... 2011-12-23