Ukraine’s crisis is over as it had already emerged from recession in the third quarter of 2016. Nearly all the economics indicators like industrial production and retail sales were back in positive ... more
Belarus is the only country in the CIS that is still in recession. Both Russia and Ukraine are either already growing or about to grow, but Belarus has not yet shaken off its economic slow down. ... more
Poland’s GDP grew 2.8% in 2016, the slowest expansion in three years, missing the government’s assumption for a 3.5% expansion. What economic expansion there was in 2016 was driven almost ... more
Romania ended 2016 with an impressive growth of around 4.8%. The new government, formed by the leftist alliance of Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Alde) ... more
Russia had a much better 2016 than initially feared. The economy contracted by 0.8% in 2016, less than expected at the start of the year, but the federal budget deficit was -3.7% of GDP, which was ... more
This report covers the key macroeconomic and financial releases as well as the political events from Albania for the period of December 13, 2016 – January 11, 2017. World Bank says Albanian ... more
1.0 Executive summary 2.0 Politics 2.1 Ukraine most corrupt country in Europe 2.2 Ukraine near bottom of WJP Rule of Law ranking 2.3 Ukraine World Bank doing business ranking 2.4 Ukraine still ... more
The economy of Belarus is still deep in recession but the situation is stabilizing and the IMF expects a mild 0.6% growth to resume in 2017, while several other forecasts predict another ... more
The economy of Belarus is still deep in recession but the situation is stabilizing and the IMF expects a mild 0.6% growth to resume in 2017, while several other forecasts predict another ... more
This report covers the main macroeconomic releases from November 1 until November 30, 2016 as well as the financial and political events that took place in Montenegro during this period. The ... more
This report covers the main macroeconomic releases from November 1 until November 30, 2016 as well as the financial and political events that took place in Bosnia during this period. Bosnia & ... more
This report covers the key macroeconomic and financial releases as well as the political events from Albania for the period of November 12, 2016 – December 13, 2016. Albanian bribery rate among ... more
1.0 Executive summary 2.0 Politics 2.1 Saakashvili quits as Odesa governor 2.2 NBU: Tymoshenko is trying to destabilise the country 2.3 Ukraine near bottom of WJP Rule of Law ranking 2.4 Wealth ... more
Russia’s economy remains in recession and will likely contract by between (official estimate) 0.6% and (bne consensus) 0.8% in 2016 before returning to mild growth in 2017. While there is still ... more
Kazakhstan is a middle income country with GDP per capita of $10,508 in 2015, significantly ahead of its peers in Central Asia. Growth slowed from 4.1% in 2014 to 1.2% following the collapse of the ... more
The economy of Belarus is still deep in recession but the situation is stabilizing and the IMF expects a mild 0.6% growth to resume in 2017. Industrial production growth remains in the red and ... more
Ukraine’s economy has returned to growth and the list of reforms being put in place is slowly getting longer. The economy expanded by 1.8% in the third quarter and could end this year with about ... more
This report covers the key economic, financial and political releases for Bulgaria for the period October 20 – November 18. On November 14, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov submitted to the ... more
This report covers the main macroeconomic releases from October 1 until October 30, 2016 as well as the financial and political events that took place in Montenegro during this period. The political ... more
This report covers the main macroeconomic releases from October 1 until October 30, 2016 as well as the financial and political events that took place in Bosnia & Herzegovina during this period. ... more