Latvian Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis’ managed Finance Sector’s Development Council supported initiative on prohibiting shell companies, as confirmed by the prime minister. “We have reached an agreement on prohibition of shell companies in Latvia,” said Kucinskis, adding that the government planned to review this matter on April 3, and the Saeima – on April 8.…
Armenia’s government debt decreased by 0.6% in February, official data reveals. According to information provided by the finance ministry, the country’s debt totaled $6.898 billion in January and dropped to $6.851 billion the next month. The foreign debt is down by 0.2% in the reporting period, decreasing from $4.963 billion in January to $4.950 in…
The macroeconomic situation in Ukraine remains unstable, vulnerability of the fiscal system in the past years has grown, World Bank Country Director for Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine Satu Kahkonen has said. She said that the vulnerability had increased in the past years, taking into account the fact that government’s expenses grew, as the government increased…
Azerbaijan’s GDP volume exceeded 11.54 billion manats in January-February, up by 1.3% YoY, according to a report of the State Statistics Committee. The volume of GDP per capita stood at 1,178.7 manats. In January-February the volume of GDP produced in the non-oil sector of the country increased by 2.3%, while no growth was observed in…
At a meeting with representatives of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Prime Minister Juri Ratas (Center) said that Estonia met the objective of medium-term budget balance and according to current plans should reach a balance by the year 2020. At the meeting Ratas introduced the Estonian government’s budget policy as well as activities to support…
In 2018 real GDP growth in Kyrgyzstan is expected to amount to 5.5%. The report of the National Bank on the monetary policy for the fourth quarter of 2017 says. It is noted that in 2018 and 2019 Russia’s GDP growth is expected to be about 1.9%, the economy of Kazakhstan – about 3.2% and…
The actual inflation in Ukraine in February 2018 from February 2017 was somewhat higher than the Central Bank’s benchmark announced in January. “In general the current dynamics of consumer inflation and its components indicate that inflationary pressure remains significant. At the same time, its amplification in February was curbed by the strengthening of the hryvnia,…