Poland: CPI up in December 2022

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 16.6% YoY and by 0.1% MoM in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on January 13. In a flash estimate, GUS said that December 2022 CPI would reach 16.6% YoY and 0.2% MoM. In November 2022, the prices of consumer goods…

Poland: inflation to fall by Q3 2023

Decrease of inflation to 16.6% in December 2022 was mainly due to the effect of lower heating costs, Jakub Rybacki from the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) said. As announced on January 13 by the Central Statistical Office (GUS), inflation in December 2022 amounted to 16.6% YoY. A month earlier, it stood at 17.5%. According to…

Lithuania: INPP signs new contracts

Two international consortia have contracted to develop technologies for dismantling the reactors of Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) for around 11 million euros, not including VAT, in total. The plant was shut down more than a decade ago and was now being decommissioned. On January 11, the INPP signed two contracts for design services…

Georgia: external trade up in 2022

Georgian external trade turnover amounted to $19.04 billion in 2022, up by 32.8% YoY, the Georgian National Statistics Office revealed. The value of exports rose by 31.8% and equaled $5.59 billion, while imports grew by 33.2%, amounting to $13.45 billion in 2022. Trade deficit reached $7.85 billion, and the share of trade turnover hit 41.3%.…