Lithuania

Lithuania's current account surplus is set to narrow over our forecast period, though we do not expect a full-year deficit before 2013. That said, rising oil prices and escalating... 2011-03-01

Efforts to liberalise Lithuania's energy market as part of an EU wide strategy adopted in March 2009, have resulted in a diplomatic row between the government and Russian energy company... 2011-01-27

Headline consumer price inflation jumped sharply higher in December on the back of higher energy and food costs. The consumer price index (CPI) was 3.8% higher than in the same month... 2011-01-27

The 2011 Budget remains overly ambitious in its expectations to reduce the fiscal deficit to 3% of GDP by next year. While we continue to see a continuation of government austerity... 2011-01-26

ithuanian industrial production growth came in at 17.1% year-on-year (y-o-y) in November, repeating the strong growth reading registered in the previous month (17.3% y-o-y), on account... 2010-12-29

For some time now we have been noting that latest political trends in Lithuania and the growing emphasis of the centre-right administration could culminate in an early election - well... 2010-12-29

Lithuania's real GDP grew by 0.6% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2010, marking a moderate slowdown over the 1.1% y-o-y growth rate (revised down from 1.3% previously)... 2010-11-24

An upcoming vote on the Lithuanian government's proposed 2011 budget will be a litmus test for the sustainability of ongoing austerity efforts, and the prospect of Prime Minister Andrius... 2010-11-24

Lithuania's short-term political risk rating remains subdued on account of a poor score in the social stability component of our rating. Lithuania scores just 55.0 in this category,... 2010-10-26

We have upped our average industrial output growth forecast for 2010 to 3.2% , reflecting a steady, but weak recovery in the industry sector. While we continue to see industrial output... 2010-10-26