Lithuania
Economy
High levels of unemployment have prevented a meaningful recovery in our short-term political risk ratings for Lithuania. Indeed, although unemployment reportedly fell to 14.8% in Q311,...
2012-01-30Economy
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...
2012-01-30Economy
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...
2012-01-30Economy
The days of the austerity-focused centre-right coalition government under Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius are numbered, and a reversal on fiscal policy after the October 2012 parliamentary...
2011-12-23Economy
Growing macroeconomic headwinds in Europe and the government's firm adherence to additional fiscal consolidation will see the Lithuanian economy come to a standstill in 2012. The already...
2011-12-23Economy
We expect tensions in the Baltic region to remain elevated in 2012 against the backdrop of an increasingly assertive Russian state. However, while we do not expect outright Russian...
2011-12-15Economy
The Lithuanian government sought to reassure other banks that its nationalisation of
2011-11-21Economy
Lithuania's consumer price inflation resumed its disinflationary trend by slowing to 4.2% y-o-y in October, after increasing to 4.5% y-o-y in September from 4.4% y-o-y in August following...
2011-11-21



