Economy

German PMI readings - which historically hold strong correlation with Slovakia's industrial production (IP) index - register a slight slowing in the deterioration in the index in December,... 2011-12-23

Leading indicators point to a slight reversal in the decelerating growth that Slovakia has been experiencing over the last six months, and although we remain fairly bearish on the country's... 2011-12-23

Latvia's current account turned to a deficit in October according to data released by the central bank. The deficit amounted to LVL29.2mn compared to a surplus of LVL23.4mn in the... 2011-12-22

BMI View: Poland's year-to-date current account deficit rose to EUR9.1bn in August, data from the national statistics office released on October 12 show. Exports in the period January... 2011-12-01

Lithuania's consumer price inflation resumed its disinflationary trend by slowing to 4.2% y-o-y in October, after increasing to 4.5% y-o-y in September from 4.4% y-o-y in August following... 2011-11-21

A flash estimate for Q311 real GDP growth in Estonia came in at 7.9% year-on-year (y-o-y), down from 8.4% y-o-y in the second quarter. This marked a slowdown of the real growth rate... 2011-11-18

Although the Lithuanian economy continues to show healthy signs of a robust recovery, we note that the factors underpinning Lithuania's economic performance are set to diminish significantly... 2011-11-18

Growth in the industrial production (IP) index slowed in September to 2.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 5.9% y-o-y in the previous month. This marks a significant slowdown over the 16.2%... 2011-11-18

According to the most recent data, the unemployment rate in Hungary over the July-September period fell to 10.7% from 10.8% during the June-August period and 11.6% over the course of... 2011-11-18

Growth in the industrial production index in Latvia unexpectedly sped up in September, ringing in at 9.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 6.7% y-o-y the previous month, on a seasonally adjusted... 2011-11-18