Economy

Inflation fell to its lowest level in the post-communist era in September, coming in at just 3.5% y-o-y. The print is a far cry from the triple digit inflation that was experienced... 2011-10-20

Albania's consolidated government budget deficit rang in at ALL30.4bn for the period January to July, representing a 33.4% increase on the deficit realised over the same period in 2010.... 2011-09-23

According to Macedonia's Employment Services Agency on Sept, the number of unemployed fell to 303,906 in August, representing a 1.0% decline in month-on-month terms. The latest data... 2011-09-23

Industrial production growth rose to 11.0% y-o-y in August, up from 6.9% the previous quarter but down from 19.0% at the start of the year. While we expect most headline economic indicators... 2011-09-22

Consumer price inflation rang in at 10.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in August, a decrease from the 12.1% y-o-y registered in July. The price moderation follows a slowdown in Serbia's headline... 2011-09-22

Both domestic and global headwinds in Bosnia have been mounting of late. The ongoing political crisis has started to undermine confidence and stem the flow of foreign funds into the... 2011-09-22

Consumer price inflation accelerated slightly to 2.0% year-on-year (y-o-y) in August, compared with 1.9% in July. It is Croatia's lowest rate of inflation since January. We have revised... 2011-09-21

We have revised down our forecast for the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) to average 3.8% in 2011 and 3.4% in 2012, from 4.5% and 4.2% previously. The reason behind this... 2011-09-21

According to the most recent data, real GDP growth in the second quarter came in at 0.9% y-o-y, down from a 2.3% expansion in the first quarter, supportive of our view that the country's... 2011-09-21

With inflation now moderating substantially we see little impetus for the National Bank of Romania to tighten monetary policy in the months ahead. Consumer price inflation in Romania... 2011-09-19