Economy

Consumer price inflation (CPI) eased slightly in July to 10.6% on an annualised basis, marking a break to a multi-month trend which saw the headline print climb all the way to 11.9%... 2011-08-19

We expect consumer price pressures in Moldova to ease over the second half of 2011 and as such remain sanguine in our end-year forecast for inflation to of 7.0%. Monetary tightening... 2011-08-19

Industrial production resumed its robust pace of expansion in June, climbing by 11.6% on an annualised basis, an improvement on the 4.8% rise registered in May and more in line with... 2011-08-19

Inflationary pressures continue to build on account of the recent devaluation of the Belarusian ruble, with consumer price inflation ticking up to 43.8% y-o-y in June, up from 32.6%... 2011-07-26

The European Bank for Rebuilding and Development released a report on July 22 stating that the Central Asia republics are on a firm recovery path following the 2009 global economic... 2011-07-26

Consumer price inflation (CPI) in the capital Ulaanbaatar rose sharply in June to 5.5% y-o-y from 2.8% in May, seemingly ending the four-month downtrend which has seen headline inflation... 2011-07-26

We remain reaffirmed in our view that Russia's central bank will raise its key refinancing rate by one more 25 basis point hike to 8.50% by year-end to anchor inflation expectations.... 2011-07-26

Headline consumer price inflation in Russia slowed moderately to 9.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June, down from 9.6% in May, suggesting that inflationary pressure, stemming from higher... 2011-07-26

Industrial production in Ukraine continued to remain robust through June, when it registered a rise of 8.9% year-on-year, up from the 8.6% print seen in May. We are holding to our... 2011-07-26

Armenian headline consumer price inflation (CPI) came in at 8.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in June, down from 9.0% in May, and an improvement on the double-digit y-o-y inflation rates recorded... 2011-07-26