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Middle East war is slowing euro area growth and driving up inflation – Adverse impact on Finland’s economy moderated by energy transition

April 19, 2026

Europe’s economic performance is being dominated by geopolitics. War in the Middle East and its spillover effects are slowing growth in the euro area economy and driving up inflation. The [..]

Latvia

Latvia records 4.1% inflation in August

September 9, 2025

In August 2025, Latvian consumer prices decreased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous month, while the annual inflation rate (August 2025 against August 2024) reached 4.1 percent, up from [..]

Estonia

Analysts: 2025’s inflation in Estonia likely to remain 6 percent

April 2, 2025

Analysts are revising their inflation forecasts toward a more pessimistic outlook, estimating that inflation may end up around 6 percent for the year, or possibly even higher, “Aktuaalne kaamera” reported. [..]

Lithuania

Lithuanian economists predict high inflation

February 28, 2025

People and businesses in Lithuania are going to have to put up with high inflation that will prevail until this year’s summer, economists have told BNS. The monthly price index [..]

Estonia

Estonian cbank: Slowing inflation helping boost people’s purchasing power

July 8, 2024

Commenting on the latest consumer price statistics, Bank of Estonia economist Rasmus Kattai noted that slowing inflation and wage growth are helping to increase people’s purchasing power. “In June, Estonia’s [..]

Estonia

Estonian ministry: Annual inflation is on a downward trend

April 8, 2024

Kristjan Pungas, analyst at the fiscal policy department of the Estonian Ministry of Finance, said in his commentary on latest inflation data on Friday that a slowdown in inflation continued [..]

Estonia

Survey: Only 6 out of 100 residents in Estonia not concerned over rising food prices

March 6, 2024

A poll taken for Citadele Bank in January revealed that only six Estonian residents out of 100 are not bothered by the rise in food prices. Food prices rose by [..]

Estonia

Luminor chief economist: Estonian prices jumped past input costs in January

February 12, 2024

Explaining the causes of the fast rise in the prices of goods and services in January, Lenno Uuskula, chief economist at Luminor, used the term “menu costs” from Keynesian economics [..]

Latvia

Inflation and healthcare main problems in Latvia – Eurobarometer

January 22, 2024

Almost half or 49 percent of Latvian residents consider price growth, inflation and the cost of living to be the most important problems in the country, according to a Eurobarometer [..]

Lithuania

Income growth in Lithuania expected to exceed inflation 3-4 times this year – minister

January 16, 2024

The growth of personal income in Lithuania is expected to exceed inflation three to four times this year, depending on the household type, Social Security and Labor Minister Monika Navickiene [..]

Lithuania

People’s income growth outpaces inflation in Lithuania in Q3 – Sodra

December 5, 2023

People’s income continued to rise in Lithuania the third quarter of this year, with the growth outpacing inflation, the latest figures from the social insurance fund Sodra showed on Tuesday. [..]

Latvia

Bank of Latvia raises inflation forecast for 2023 to 9%

September 29, 2023

The Bank of Latvia’s inflation forecast for 2023 has been revised to 9 percent, up from 8.5 percent in the June forecast, as the central bank’s representatives told reporters on [..]