Economist Viktor Skarshevsky forecasts the forex rate of Ukraine’s national currency, the hryvnia, against the U.S. dollar at UAH 30 by late December 2018. “In November-December of 2016 and 2017 the hryvnia devalued by 5%. Let’s extrapolate from this trend, and we will get the forex rate at around UAH 29.5-30 by the end of…
Georgia is increasing its role as an important trade partner for the European Union (EU), the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other countries. In January-October trade turnover with EU countries increased by 18.6% (amounting to $2.76 billion) and with CIS countries by 27.4% YoY, to $3.51 billion, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia…
Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that Ukraine’s economy has been growing for 11 quarters in a row, but the government still needs external support so that to pay off its foreign debt, the government portal reports. “The economy has been growing for 11 quarters in a row, which means the recovery has begun. In general,…
920.1 thousand people or 65.3% of Latvia population aged 15-74 were employed in Q3. Over the year, employment rate grew by 1.7% and number of employed persons by 17.2 thousand. Compared to the previous quarter, employment rate grew by 0.9% and number of employed persons by 10.5 thousand. Nevertheless, since Q4 2012 Latvian employment rate…
Consumer inflation in Ukraine in October accelerated to 9.5% in annual terms, according to the press service of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). “In October consumer inflation accelerated to 9.5% YoY (8.9% YoY in September). In the monthly measurement, prices rose by 1.7%,” reads the report. As expected, the fundamental inflationary pressure remained significant,…
Kazakhstan’s GDP grew by 4.1% YoY in January-October, Minister of National Economy Timur Suleimenov announced. “In January-October the economy of Kazakhstan maintained a positive growth trend. GDP growth in the period under consideration reached 4.1%. The major factors of economic growth were a high investment activity, slowdown in inflation, and a production increase in the…
According to Statistics Estonia, in September exports and imports of goods increased by 11% each compared to September of the previous year. An increase in the trade of mineral products such fuel additives and motor spirits contributed the most. Exports from Estonia amounted to EUR 1.2 billion, and imports to EUR 1.3 billion at current…