According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the export of goods increased by 8% and imports by 5% YoY in March. This trade growth is attributable to increased exports and imports alike with other EU countries. This March, exports from Estonia amounted to EUR 1.2 billion and imports to EUR 1.4 billion at current prices.…
Compared to March, consumer prices in April possibly grew by 0.6-0.8%, which means annual inflation in Latvia has reached approximately 3.2-3.4%, bank analysts predict. Swedbank’s acting chief economist in Latvia Agnese Buceniece notes that in April, when compared to March, consumer prices increased by 0.6%, whereas annual inflation was approximately 3.2% when compared to April…
The Finance Ministry will submit the Budget Declaration for 2020-2022 to the Cabinet of Ministers for approval this week, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova stated during a business forum of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), the ministry’s press service wrote on its Facebook page. “The Finance Ministry will continue to work on active…
In January-April, local budgets received UAH 81.3 billion, up by 22.6% YoY or by almost UAH 15 billion, Ukraine’s State Fiscal Service (SFS) reports. “In January-April, according to operational data, the local budgets of Ukraine received UAH 81.3 billion of payments controlled by the SFS. This is 22.6% or almost UAH 15 billion more than…
Ukraine’s Central Bank forecasts that the country’s GDP growth will slow down to 2.5% in 2019, only to speed up again starting next year: to 2.9% and 3.7% in 2020 and 2021, respectively. “The causes of the 2019 economic slowdown include weaker growth in the world economy and global trade, a restrained fiscal policy due…
Since the beginning of 2019, UAH 2 billion in revenues from taxes have been transferred to local budgets of Mykolaiv region, up by 21% YoY, Deputy Head of the Mykolaiv Regional State Administration Oleksandr Kushnir wrote on his Facebook page. “Since the start of the year, the general fund of local budgets of Mykolaiv region…
Prices of vegetables, meat, fruit and grapes have increased in Georgia, show the latest inflation data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In April the prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages increased by 0.7%. The prices in the group increased for the subgroups of: vegetables (5.6%), fruit and grapes (5%) and meat (1%).…