Latvia

With external demand for Latvian exports continuing to deteriorate in 2009, combined with a slowdown in domestic consumption and investment spending, the sources of growth will be... 2009-01-30

Latvia's gross external debt load fell during the third quarter of 2008, signalling that the deleveraging process is starting to gather momentum. Indeed, with new loan issuance and... 2009-01-30

While the financial support offered to Latvia by the Swedish and Danish central banks will help instil a degree of stability in domestic financial markets, we caution that this will... 2009-01-05

Latvia's parliament backed amendments to the 2009 fiscal budget, which will limit the degree of government spending in a bid to prevent a widening of the fiscal deficit. The budget... 2008-12-17

The contraction of the Latvian economy during the third quarter of 2008 further confirms our view that the economy will fall further into recession in 2009. Indeed, real GDP contracted... 2008-12-17

According to the latest data from the Central Statistics Bureau, Lativan inflation slowed to 13.8% y-o-y in October, down from 14.9% in September, though still remained above the... 2008-11-21

Latvian inflation continued to slow in August coming in at 15.7% y-o-y, down from 16.7% in July, although above the 10.1% recorded in August 2007. A reduction in price growth was... 2008-09-26

The Latvian Association of Large Cities announced that large municipalities will allocate more funding to help larger families, the disabled and other low income groups. Funds will... 2008-09-26

Having previously targeted a budget surplus of 1.2% of GDP in 2009, the Latvian government's announcement that it plans to run a budget deficit of 1.9% of GDP in 2009 - posing a risk... 2008-09-26

We expect that tensions between Latvia and Russia will remain elevated through the medium-term, specifically regarding the rights of the Russian-speaking minorities resident in Latvia.... 2008-07-24