Lithuania

In spite of a presidential veto, the Lithuanian parliament voted to index minimum wage and basic social benefits to inflation. Of the 141 parliamentary members, 79 voted in favour... 2008-07-25

In a sign that price pressures have yet to ease, June consumer price inflation continued to surge higher. We hold to our view that headline inflation will start to moderate through... 2008-07-24

We believe that the Lithuanian economy could potentially buck the Baltic trend and adjust relatively smoothly to a prolonged period of above-trend growth. We caution though that the... 2008-06-24

The main opposition party Homeland Union has increased its chances of heading the next government by amalgamating with the smaller Christian Democratic party. The merged centre-right... 2008-06-02

Having slowed sharply in March to 4.5%, the annual rate of industrial output growth rebounded strongly in April to 15.7% led by a 12.9% expansion in non-oil manufacturing production.... 2008-06-02

The Lithuanian economy has started to slow in response to tighter financial conditions, rising consumer prices and declining confidence. We believe that a soft landing currently looks... 2008-06-02

Faster export growth helped contain the growth in the current account deficit in the first two months of the year. The external gap widened by less than 9% y-o-y thanks to a 34% increase... 2008-05-06