Economy

According to Statistics Estonia, consumer confidence in the country fell to -8 in September, a deterioration on the reading of -4 in August as the mood amongst spenders darkened. The... 2011-09-23

Growth in the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) quickened in August, coming in at 4.1% y-o-y in August, up from 3.8% in July. The 'food and non-alcoholic beverages' component... 2011-09-22

Inflation remains persistently elevated in Estonia, as buoyant economic growth as well as lingering cost-push factors conspire to goad consumer prices higher. We expect headline inflation... 2011-09-22

Consumer price inflation rang in at 4.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in August, an increase from the 4.1% y-o-y pace registered in July. The result was mainly driven by an increase in fuel... 2011-09-21

Consumer price inflation rang in at 4.3% year-on-year (y-o-y) in August, an increase from the 4.1% y-o-y pace registered in July. The result was mainly driven by an increase in fuel... 2011-09-21

Unemployment in the Czech Republic held steady in August, coming in at 8.2%. We forecast the joblessness rate to fall marginally to 8.0% this year and 7.0% in 2012, from 9.6% recorded... 2011-09-21

Lithuanian registered unemployment fell sharply to 15.6% in the second quarter of the year, from 17.2% in Q111, reflecting a tightening labour market as the economy recovered. The second... 2011-08-26

Lithuania's economic recovery continued to look robust in the first half of 2011 and we have accordingly lifted our full-year real GDP growth forecast to 4.2%. We see the economy slowing... 2011-08-26

Poland's Unemployment rate continued its downward trend in July, falling to 11.7%, down from 11.8% in June and 12.2% in May. While the macroeconomic fundamentals of the Polish economy... 2011-08-25

Latvian Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis has indicated that the official economic growth forecast for 2011 (currently 3.3%) will be revised up following the better than expected outturn... 2011-08-25