Latvia: inflation up in August 2021

Shoes became expensive in Latvia in a year-on-year inflation comparison in August, which showed the general inflation at 3.7%. According to a press release of the Latvian Central Statistical Bureau, the greatest pressure on the average price level changes in August 2021 compared to August 2020 was put by the rise in prices of goods…

Estonia: strong economic forecast testimony to government policies

A more-optimistic-than-expected summer economic forecast stands testimony to the government’s crisis management policy, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas (Reform) said on September 9, the first day of the 2022 state budget cabinet talks. Kallas said: “The sufficiently substantial and well targeted supplementary budget compiled rapidly this spring played an important role in this, having provided the…

Ukraine: consumer prices down in August 2021

In August, consumer prices in Ukraine decreased by 0.2% MoM, according to the State Statistics Service, but ose by 10.2% YoY and by 6.2% compared to December 2020. In January-August, compared to the same period last year, consumer inflation amounted to 8.7%. Core inflation last month was 0% compared to July. Since the beginning of…