Economy

Gross external debt in Moldova hit US$5.2bn in September 2011, up 9% from the figure recorded at the end of 2010 (US$4.8bn). The fastest increase came in long-term loans for monetary... 2012-02-24

Falling inflation and a more challenging economic environment in Georgia point to additional monetary easing by the central bank. However, we are currently forecasting just one more... 2012-02-24

We estimate the Georgian economy to have grown by 5.9% in 2011, having undergone another year of robust growth following the 3.8% real contraction in 2009. However, 2012 will prove... 2012-02-24

Growth in non-mining related business activity will see demand for imported goods, and to an equal measure, services go up. Consequently, we believe that Mongolia's current account... 2012-02-24

Ukraine's international reserves continue to fall for the fifth consecutive month, dropping 18% since August 2011 to reach US$31bn. We have revised down our year-end forecasts for Ukraine's... 2012-02-24

We have raised our forecast for final economic growth in 2011 to 6.2%, from a previous 5.3%, based on the positive national accounts data available for the first nine months of the... 2012-02-24

We forecast consumer price inflation in Uzbekistan to fall to an average 13.0% in 2012 from an estimated 13.5% in 2011. While data released by the State Committee of the Republic... 2012-02-22

We have revised our forecasts for consumer price inflation in Turkmenistan to average 7.0% in 2012, from 8.1% previously. Our forecast revision comes on the back of our downgrade to... 2012-02-22

We believe that Ukraine's plans to approach international capital markets this year to raise US$3.5bn - required to service its maturing debts and fiscal deficit - are unrealistic,... 2012-02-22

According to preliminary data from the Mongolian National Statistical Office, the Mongolian economy grew by a whopping 17.3% in 2011, exceeding our own 15.8% real GDP growth estimate.... 2012-01-27