Georgia

The disputed presidential election in late November has created a political atmosphere of chaos in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, after the Kremlin-backed candidate and former... 2012-01-03

The opposition movement of businessman Bidzina Ivanshvili is potentially shaping up to be a force to be reckoned with for the government of President Mikheil Saakashvili. However, it... 2011-12-23

Georgia's short-term economic risk rating has remained unchanged this month, as we continue to see strong signs of robust economic growth in 2011. That said, looking further ahead,... 2011-10-26

We have lowered our end-2011 consumer price inflation forecast to 3.0% from 8.0% previously, as headline inflation has started to decline rapidly in recent months. Our revised global... 2011-10-26

The election of the former pro-Russian vice-president Alexander Ankvab as president of Abkhazia, Georgia's contested breakaway province to the West, raises the spectre of increasing... 2011-08-30

Georgia's trade gap grew by a whopping 32.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first half of 2011 despite export growth of 43.8% y-o-y to US$1.04bn recorded during this period. While in... 2011-08-30

We are revising down our end-2011 interest rate forecasts for Georgia from 8.00% to 7.25%, together with our year-end inflation forecasts from 9.7% to 8.0%. While we remain sanguine... 2011-08-24