Central Europe / Opinion
IIF: 2020 the climate super-year
The growing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance to investors (and ultimately to voters) is one of the most important forces shaping the new global economy. CO2 emissions must peak next year or we are in trouble.
EBRD: Pace of emerging Europe economic growth slows as global outlook weakens
The pace of growth in the EBRD’s emerging economies is slowing on the back of a weaker global economic outlook, and pressure from slower growth in the Eurozone and China, US/Chinese trade tensions and a contraction in world automobile production, acc
IIF: IMF meetings, not as bad as you think
Investors and policymakers finished the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank annual general meetings in October on a more positive note than expected.
ALACO DISPATCHES: Latvia seeks to rebuild tarnished banking reputation
International scrutiny and intervention have prompted the Latvian authorities to clean up the scandal-plagued financial sector, but the jury is still out on whether they have managed to do enough thus far.
VIENNEAST COMPASS: How many straws to break a camel’s back? How do illiberal economies attract so much FDI
On October 13, on either side of the Tatras mountains, “illiberal democrats” faced their latest litmus tests. The ruling parties of PiS and Fidesz retain their grip on power, but in both countries foreign investors don't seem to care