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Polish chocolate exports third largest in EU last year

bne IntelliNews March 29, 2024

Poland exported 115,000 tonnes or 13% of the EU’s total chocolate exports in 2023.

Revised data show Czech GDP dropped in 2023 by 0.2%

bne IntelliNews March 29, 2024

Czech GDP increased in the fourth quarter by 0.4% quarter on quarter and by 0.2% year on year following a revision by the Czech Statistical Office.

Labour costs in Western Europe still four times higher than in Romania and Bulgaria

Iulian Ernst in Bucharest March 28, 2024

Bulgaria has the EU's lowest labour cost, while Romania still lags well behind Poland and Hungary.

Romania's GDP per capita surpassed Hungary's in 2023

bne IntelliNews March 27, 2024

Romania has been catching up with the EU average faster than Hungary, which fell into recession in 2023.

Hungarian central bank cuts base rate by 75bp to 8.25%

bne IntelliNews March 27, 2024

Policymakers had discussed three options, a 50bp, 75bp and 100bp cut, and decided unanimously on the 75bp one, deputy governor Barnabas Virag said after the rate decision.

Where water stress will be highest by 2050

Martin Armstrong for Statista March 24, 2024

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

Wojiech Kosc in Warsaw March 22, 2024

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

Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw March 21, 2024

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

bne IntelliNews March 19, 2024

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

Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw March 19, 2024

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

Albin Sybera March 18, 2024

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

bne IntelliNews March 17, 2024

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.

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

Albin Sybera March 11, 2024

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

Tamas Csonka in Budapest March 11, 2024

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

Hungary’ records extreme budget shortfall in February

Tamas Csonka in Budapest March 11, 2024

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

Albin Sybera March 11, 2024

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

bne IntelliNews March 4, 2024

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

bne IntelliNews March 2, 2024

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

Wojciech Kosc in Warsaw March 1, 2024

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

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