Armenia

While all three Caucasus states score poorly in our security/external threats category of our short-term political risk rating, this is largely due to the existence of 'frozen conflicts'... 2011-07-26

Armenian headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 8.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June, down from 9.0% in May, and an improvement on the double-digit y-o-y inflation rates recorded... 2011-07-26

In an effort to cool political tensions, Armenia's parliament recently approved an amnesty for jailed anti-government protestors, paving the way for future dialogue with the opposition... 2011-05-31

Armenia's official unemployment rate has climbed somewhat in March, reaching 6.8% of the total workforce, compared with 6.6% back in February. Nevertheless, despite the small spike... 2011-05-31

With a recovery in household spending and fixed investment likely taking off this year, we are projecting real GDP growth of 6.1% for the Armenian economy in 2011. Signs that the central... 2011-05-31

In a sign of goodwill Azerbaijan and Armenia competed a prisoner exchange on March 17, following an earlier agreement between the two countries' presidents during a meeting in Russia.... 2011-03-25

The Armenian economy remains on track to post relatively robust growth in 2011 thanks to our positive growth outlook for its larger northern neighbour, Russia. Although we note upside... 2011-03-25

Headline consumer price inflation accelerated to 12.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in February, up from 10.6% in January and 9.4% in December, reflecting the recent increase in fuel prices... 2011-03-25

Industrial production growth slowed to 10.9% y-o-y in September, from 11.5% in August and 11.4% in July. This fits with wider trends witnessed throughout the economy in recent months,... 2010-11-17

Unemployment came in at 7.1% in July, the third consecutive month at this level, and down only slightly from the 7.2% posted at the start of the year. While we continue to expect the... 2010-09-27