Where water stress will be highest by 2050

Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades, reports Statista.

Polish retail sales jump 6.1% y/y in February

Consumption is expected to drive Polish economic growth in 2024 to 3%-4% after an expansion of just 0.2% last year.

Polish PPI deflation eases slightly in February

Poland's producer price index declined 10.1% year on year in February, following a revised fall of 10.4% y/y in January.

Southeast Europe’s major cities are emptying out

Eurostat data shows fall in populations of biggest urban areas in Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania in last five years.

Polish core inflation eases growth to 5.4% y/y in February

Poland’s core inflation eased growth to 5.4% y/y in February after growing 6.2% y/y the preceding month.

Slovak inflation eases to 3.4% in February

It is the lowest inflation level in over two years and was down by 0.5 percentage points on the January level.

Polish inflation eases growth further to just 2.8% y/y in February

Polish consumer price inflation (CPI) expanded 2.8% year on year in February (chart) to the lowest level in three years, data from Poland’s statistical office GUS showed on March 15.

Czech inflation slowed down to 2% y/y in February

Slovak industrial production grew by 3.6% y/y in January

The strongest negative influence came from a 6.2% decrease in the country’s decisive sector, the manufacture of transport equipment.

Hungary CPI slows to 18-month low in February

Hungary's inflation slowed to 3.7% in February, down from 3.8% in the previous month.

Hungary’ records extreme budget shortfall in February

Hungary's cash flow-based general government deficit reached HUF1.7 trillion (€4.3bn) at the end of February, which accounts for roughly 70% of the HUF2.5 trillion full-year target.

Czech unemployment remains at 4% in February

The Czech unemployment rate remained at 4% in February, unchanged month-on-month. In year-on-year terms, it increased by 0.1%.

Czech PMI inches upwards in February

The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for Czechia, compiled by market intelligence company S&P Global, inched upwards in February to 44.3 amid some positive signs in the struggling manufacturing sector.

Polish manufacturers anticipate recovery as PMI’s growth well beats consensus in February

Poland's Purchasing Managers' Index rose 0.8 points to 47.9 in February, the economic intelligence company S&P Global said on March 1.

Polish GDP grows 1.7% y/y in Q4

Investment held up well, growing 8.7% y/y, adding 1.5pp compared to the preceding quarter.

Three of seven Hungarian regions among 20 poorest in EU

The four poorest Hungarian regions (Southern Great Plain, Northern Great Plain, Northern Hungary and Southern Transdanubia) had per capita GDP of between 50-55% of the EU average.

Commercial real estate investment dropped by 55% in Central Europe in 2023, says Cushman & Wakefield

The highest proportion of the capital went into the office sector, although its share dropped from 41% in 2022 to 32% in 2023 because of the increasing trend towards remote work.

Is the worst of Europe's slowdown over as PMI recover?

Unemployment level in Slovakia inched up to 3.97% in January

It is an increase of 0.09 percentage points compared to December and a drop of 0.47pp on January 2023.

Polish industrial production expands 1.6% y/y in January

Low economic activity among Poland’s main trading partners weigh on Polish industrial companies.