According to information released by Statistics Estonia, in November 2018, the turnover of retail trade enterprises totaled EUR 604 million, accelerating from 3% growth YoY in October to 5% growth at constant prices. The turnover of stores selling manufactured goods increased by 10% YoY. Turnover increased in most economic activities, except in stores selling second-hand…
Investments in the economy of Uzbekistan should grow by 16%, to $17 billion in 2019, said President Shavkat Mirziyoyev during the annual address to the Houses of Parliament on December 28 It is planned to absorb 138 trillion soums of investments ($16.6 billion). At the same time, the authorities plan to increase the size of…
According to information from the State Revenue Service, revenue from excise tax exceeds EUR 1 billion. The rise of excise tax revenue is not just tied to increased excise tax rates but also the expansion of the legal market of excise goods, which, in turn, points to optimal excise tax policy in the country. 52%…
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) expects to keep inflation rate at 4% (+/-2%) in 2019, according to a CBA statement on monetary policy for 2019 and medium term. Inflation rate was falling rapidly in 2018 than expected and stabilized at a single digit. Inflation rate was 2.3% in January-November. The average annual inflation rate…
Moody’s Public Sector Europe has upgraded the ratings of two Ukrainian cities – Kyiv and Kharkiv – to Caa1 from Caa2, which reflected Moody’s upgrade of Ukraine’s sovereign bond rating to Caa1, with a stable outlook, from Caa2 (positive outlook) on December 21. The outlook for the two cities was also changed to stable from…
Ukraine’s state and government-guaranteed debt in November grew by 0.6%, or by $0.44 billion, to $74.76 billion. The amount of the debt in the hryvnia equivalent increased by 1.4%, or by UAH 29.4 billion, to UAH 2.122 trillion, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry said. Since the beginning of the year, the country’s state debt in the…
Inflation in December 2018 compared to December 2017 will be about 1%, the National Bank of Kyrgyzstan says. It is noted that, taking into account the updated data, the estimate of annual inflation rate has been revised to a greater decrease. At the same time, in the second half of 2019, it will enter the…