The Reform Party’s leadership condemned the government’s budget policy, saying that Prime Minister Juri Ratas’ approach to the budget was reckless. The party’s chairman, Hanno Pevkur, said Ratas’ choices regarding the state budget undermined Estonia’s future. “In a situation where the economy is growing and the president of the Bank of Estonia as well as…
The work is underway to improve the structure of the Council of the State Commission for Mineral Resources under the Cabinet of Ministers of Turkmenistan. Earlier, it was reported that the potential resources of Turkmen hydrocarbons are 71.2 billion tons of oil equivalent, some 53 billion tons of which are onshore, and 18.2 billion tons…
According to information released by Statistics Estonia, the production of industrial enterprises increased by 5% YoY in August, with production increasing in mining and quarrying, but decreasing in the energy sector. In August, manufacturing production was 6% higher than the same month last year. Production growth was broad-based – last month, production surpassed August 2016…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has kept the forecast for GDP growth in Turkmenistan at 6.5%, according to the “Asian Development Outlook 2017 Update: Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnership”. According to the bank’s forecast, the economy of Turkmenistan will grow by 6.5% in 2018. Meanwhile, the ADB lowered its forecast for inflation in Turkmenistan for…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman believes the goal for 2018 is to achieve economic growth in the amount of 5% of GDP. “We need a quality economic environment, we need investments that will allow us to grow rapidly in 2018. Our goal is more than 5% of GDP. This is what is achievable, something…
The level of inflation in Ukraine at the end of 2017 may be higher than the current forecast of the National Bank of Ukraine at 9.1%, which may force the NBU to apply a more stringent monetary policy, reads a statement on the central bank’s website referring to Deputy NBU Governor Dmytro Solohub. During a…
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) expects that Azerbaijan’s GDP growth will be 1% in 2018, according to the “Asian Development Outlook 2017 Update: Sustaining Development Through Public-Private Partnership”. Azerbaijan’s GDP growth rate decreased by 3.8% in 2016. The ADB expects that the recession will continue in 2017, but its pace will slow down. Thus, according…