Economy

We hold to our forecast for growth in the Latvia consumer price index to average 2.6% in 2012 on the back of data released by the statistics bureau, which also showed our forecast for... 2012-01-26

BMI View: Consumer price inflation came in at 4.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in December, down from 4.8% in November. Contributing to the decline in price growth was not only a continuation... 2012-01-24

The retail sales index in Estonia posted strong growth in November, coming in at 5.2% y-o-y. This further lends credence to our view for a strong showing from this sub-component of... 2012-01-24

We expect moves by the Latvian central bank to shore up growth will have little real impact on forestalling a slowdown in economic growth in 2012. The Bank of Latvia's decision on Thursday... 2012-01-20

We expect the Czech koruna to remain under pressure in the coming months on the back of high uncertainty surrounding the eurozone sovereign debt crisis, which has translated to sustained... 2012-01-09

According to the most recent data, Hungary's current account surplus narrowed slightly towards EUR380.7mn in Q311, down from EUR530.2mn in Q211. Owing to data being revised down in... 2011-12-29

According to the most recent data released by the Polish Central Statistical Office, industrial production growth came in at 6.5% y-o-y in October, down from 7.7% in September and 8.1%... 2011-12-29

We have revised up our forecast for unemployment in the Czech Republic to end 2012 at 7.7% from 7.6% previously. We expect average joblessness rate to come in at 7.9%, down slightly... 2011-12-23

Estonia's statistics office has reported a slight drop in the annual inflation rate to 4.2% in November, compared with 4.4% in October. However, the country's consumer price index jumped... 2011-12-23

Growing macroeconomic headwinds in Europe and the government's firm adherence to additional fiscal consolidation will see the Lithuanian economy come to a standstill in 2012. The already... 2011-12-23