Lithuania
Economy
Lithuanian industrial output contracted by 15.3% y-o-y in February, substantially worse than the 5.6% contraction recorded in January. The sharpest falls were seen in mining and the...
2009-03-30Economy
While the recently unveiled Lithuanian economic stimulus package illustrates the government's commitment to averting an economic crisis, we believe that the country will nevertheless...
2009-03-03Economy
Lithuanian inflation (measured using COICOP) rose by 9.5% y-o-y in January, up from 8.5% in December, although below the 10.0% seen in January 2008. The sharpest price growth was...
2009-02-27Economy
Following the outbreak of violent protests against government reforms in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, we have lowered the country's short-term political risk rating to 74.8 (from...
2009-02-04Economy
The Lithuanian economy expanded by 3.2% in 2008, according to the latest data from Statistics Lithuania, below our 4.2% growth estimate. Growth contracted for the first time since...
2009-01-30Economy
While we view the Lithuanian government's plans to reduce the country's fiscal deficit in 2009 as a positive sign, we believe that the deficit target of 2.1% of GDP is likely to be...
2009-01-06Economy
Lithuanian inflation (measured using COICOP) slowed to 9.2% y-o-y in November down from 10.7% in October, although still above the 7.9% seen in the same period of the previous year....
2009-01-05Economy
Lithuania's new governing coalition led by Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius centre-right party was approved by parliament on December 9, with 83 legislators voting in favour (40 against...
2009-01-05Economy
Lithuania's stock of foreign currency reserves fell to US$6.4bn in September, having fallen a cumulative US$907mn since June, we believe that reserves are likely to be drawn down...
2008-11-21Economy
Though the Lithuanian economy continues to outperform its Baltic peers, the combination of slowing eurozone growth and depleted external credit lines are increasingly taking their...
2008-11-21



