About 20.1% of Georgia’s population is under the absolute poverty line, shows the latest data of 2018 poverty indicators published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). Georgia’s population has slightly decreased, reaching 3,723,500 people as of January 1, says another data from Geostat. Most people under absolute poverty line live in the country’s…
In January-March at least 74,900 unemployed people were officially registered in Kyrgyzstan, the National Statistical Committee reports. About 99,500 people are registered with the State Employment Service as searching for a job. Compared with 2018, the figure increased by 19.2%, while the number of unemployed increased by 28.3%. Most of the unemployed live in Jalal-Abad…
Ukraine must pay off foreign and domestic debts in the amount of over $5 billion, that’s why the cooperation with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is extremely important, Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Yakiv Smolii stated at the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with IMF Mmission Chief for Ukraine Ron…
During the first quarter of 2019, the average gross monthly wage in Estonia stood at EUR 1,341, up by 7.9% YoY, according to Statistics Estonia, though down by 3.2% QoQ. Average Q1 2019 monthly gross wages/salaries by month were: January – EUR 1,309, February – EUR 1,317 and March – EUR 1,396. As well as…
The National Bank of Kyrgyzstan has adjusted inflation forecasts in Kyrgyzstan for 2019 downwards, the Chairman of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic Tolkunbek Abdygulov said at a press conference. According to him, the economy of Kyrgyzstan as a whole is developing in line with the expectations of the National Bank. But prices on…
The economic activity index of Armenia grew by 7% in January-April against the same period of 2018, while only in April the growth amounted to 9.2% against last April, the National Statistical Service reported. Industrial output of the period rose by 4.5%, and in April by 13.2%. Construction grew by 8% in January-April, and by…
The growth of capital investments in Ukraine made up 21.7% in the first quarter of 2019, according to data provided by the State Statistics Service of Ukraine. In particular, Ukraine received UAH 108.3 billion in capital investments in January-March, up by 21.7% YoY. The largest investments in the first quarter were made in the country’s…