Estonia

Ratings agencies Fitch and S&P both raised their outlooks for Estonia's sovereign rating to 'stable' from 'negative' on the back of an increasingly favourable outlook for... 2010-02-22

Estonian balance of payments dynamics are expected to normalise somewhat beginning in 2010. After posting its first deficit in over a decade in 2009, the financial account is expected... 2010-02-22

Estonian deflation continued largely unabated through the end of 2009 as expected, with the consumer price index falling by 1.9% y-o-y in December. Few shifts were recorded in any... 2010-02-01

Estonia posted its eighth consecutive current account surplus in November, bringing the year-to-date surplus up to EUR533mn. The latest data confirms our long-held view that Estonia... 2010-01-22

A draft Estonian law intended to change regulations governing the statistics office has been criticised by the European Central Bank (ECB) as increasing political influence over the... 2010-01-22

We no longer include a nominal devaluation of the kroon as part of our core macroeconomic scenario for Estonia. The government's success in slashing the budget deficit without encountering... 2009-12-21

The Estonian parliament approved the government's 2010 budget plan on December 9. The vote passed comfortably with 55 members in favour and only 39 votes against in the 101-seat Riigikogu.... 2009-12-17