Latvia: construction costs up in May 2019

Compared to April, the level of construction costs in Latvia grew by 0.6% in May. Labor remuneration of workers increased by 1.7%, prices of building materials by 0.5%, and maintenance and operational costs of machinery and equipment by 0.1%. In May, the average level of construction costs was affected the most by the increase in…

Azerbaijan: car production up in January-May 2019

The output in production of machinery and equipment, other vehicles, cars, trailers and semi-trailers amounted to 91.7 million manats in Azerbaijan in January-May. The production of cars, trailers and semi-trailers increased by 63.9%, machinery and equipment production – by 15.8%, while the production of other vehicles decreased by 1.8% in January-May 2018 compared to the…

Ukraine: national debt down in May 2019

The volume of public and publicly guaranteed debt of Ukraine in May decreased in dollar terms by $1.44 billion, or by 1.8%, to $78.4 billion, the Ministry of Finance reports. In the hryvnia equivalent, public debt for the said period was down by UAH 18.36 billion, or by 0.9%, to UAH 2.106 trillion. According to…