Lithuania: CB to revise growth forecasts

Following war in Ukraine, the central Bank of Lithuania will revise the existing growth forecasts for this year, its board chairman Gediminas Simkus has confirmed, adding that new estimates will be released on March 22. Inflation is now being affected by changes in the international environment, the central banker said. Annual inflation in Lithuania reached…

Georgia: average salaries up in Q4 2021

Average monthly earnings in Georgia increased by 149.1 GEL ($46.5 or EUR 42) in the fourth quarter of 2021, by 11.3% YoY, and amounted to 1,463.8 GEL ($456.5 or EUR 412.7), data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) showed. The highest monthly earnings were observed in the following fields: financial and insurance activities…

Georgia: Finance Minister and ADB officials discuss structural and economic reforms

Reforms planned in state-owned enterprises, energy market development, energy security and development of human capital were in the focus of a meeting between Lasha Khutsishvili, the Georgian Finance Minister, Yevgeniy Zhukov, the Director General for Central and West Asia of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Shane Rosenthal, the ADB Country Director for Georgia. During…

Ukraine: fuel prices reduced

According to the Ministry of Economy, fuel prices in Ukraine were lower on March 18. Now diesel fuel costs UAH 5 cheaper (reduction from UAH 44.90 to UAH 39.96 per liter). Gasoline is more than UAH 7 cheaper (reduction from UAH 43.52 to UAH 35.76 per liter). This was due to timely decisions made by…