Economy

Consumer Price inflation continued to accelerate in October, coming in at 2.7% year-on-year (y-o-y), up from 2.1% annualised growth in the consumer price index in September. This marks... 2011-11-18

A flash real GDP estimate for the third quarter shows that Bulgaria's economy stagnated in real terms, with annualised real GDP rising by a paltry 1.3% y-o-y down from 2.0% y-o-y in... 2011-11-18

While we retain our core view of a slowdown in economic growth starting in H211, we now expect the impact of the Eurozone slump to be felt most in 2012. As a result, we have raised... 2011-11-18

BMI View: Data released by the Serbian statistics office illustrate how the country's economy expanded by 0.7% year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q311, marking a notable slowdown from the previously... 2011-11-18

The cumulative current account deficit more than tripled to EUR-0.22bn (US$-0.39bn) in the first eight months of 2011, compared to the same period of last year. The deterioration was... 2011-11-18

Romania's consumer price inflation marginally ticked up in October to 3.6% y-o-y, from 3.5% y-o-y the previous month. This reflected a 0.6% increase in month-on-month terms (m-o-m),... 2011-11-18

Compared to the same period of last year, industrial production (IP) contracted by 2.4% in August. Over the course of the first eight months of the year, IP growth was 4.3% higher than... 2011-10-25

Consumer price inflation in Albania continues to drift lower, coming in at 3.6% y-o-y in July from 3.9% in the month prior. We view the 4.5% print observed in February as a cyclical... 2011-10-25

BMI View: Data released by the Serbian statistics office illustrate how the country's economy expanded by 2.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q211, up from the previously published 2.2% y-o-y... 2011-10-24

Following a series of downgrades by credit ratings agencies in the past couple of months, Slovenia's sovereign creditworthiness remains in question as the country faces sizeable economic... 2011-10-24