Economy

We forecast Latvia's unemployment rate to remain elevated over the coming years as the country's economic recovery from a deep recession in 2008/09 slows this year due to the unfavourable... 2012-02-23

We forecast the Czech koruna to remain range-bound this year in trading against the euro between CZK25.00/EUR and CZK26.00/EUR. We forecast an average exchange rate of CZK25.45/EUR... 2012-02-23

Unemployment is set to remain high in Estonia this year and we forecast the average unemployment rate to dip slightly to 12.0% this year from 12.5% in 2011. With weak external demand... 2012-02-22

Statistics Estonia revealed the country's merchandise trade balance slipped into deficit territory in December 2011 to the tune of EUR41.9mn (US$55.38mn), compared to a surplus of... 2012-02-21

The Hungarian central bank's policy package aimed at supporting bank lending, will have minimal effects on overall domestic credit growth, but will help to improve broader stability.... 2012-02-16

We maintain our view that the Czech National Bank will keep interest rates on hold this year at 0.75%. While the weak economic outlook could arguably warrant a rate cut, the expectation... 2012-02-03

Czech industrial output rose 5.4% y-o-y in November, compared with a 1.7% increase in October, according to figures revealed by the statistical office. The growth was largely unexpected... 2012-01-30

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... 2012-01-30

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... 2012-01-30

The most recent economic data released by the Hungarian central bank showed a slight narrowing of the current account surplus in the third quarter of 2011, to EUR380.6mn, down from... 2012-01-26