Iran’s real GDP growth came in at 4.3% in 2017, according to the World Economic Outlook issued by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on April 17. Nonetheless, this figure is a shortfall from the ... more
Ukraine’s economy pick up a little in first quarter of this year, growing by 3.1% y/y, but while the situation is improved, partly thanks to strong metal exports, the economic growth is not ... more
The Belarusian economy was recovering nicely in the first quarter of this year, thanks to the revival in neighbouring Russia and more benign external conditions in general. Impressively Belarus' ... more
Russia’s recovery remains delicate. The GDP growth forecast for this year was recently revised down to 1.9%, while the outlook for industry has dipped back into the red after the manufacturing PMI ... more
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, expanded by 5.3% y/y in the first quarter of 2018. The expansion was driven by a rise in activity in manufacturing, transport, real estate and ... more
Ukraine’s economy is recovering and put in 3%-plus growth in the first quarter -- its best result since the economic collapse. But the economy has not built up the momentum it should have in a ... more
Belarus’s economy continues to make good progress on the back of Russia’s revival. GDP growth in Belarus in 2018 may exceed 3.5% this year. Belarus needs to make the maximum use of the ... more
Iran’s real GDP growth is forecast to edge down to 4.0% in both 2018 and 2019 after coming in at 4.3% in 2017, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Outlook issued by the ... more
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, expanded by 6.5% y/y in April. This is an acceleration compared to the first quarter of the year; the first four months of the year saw average ... more
Russia’s economic recovery is going better than expected, driven by the higher than expected oil prices, which have averaged over $60 a barrel against the budget assumption of $44 for this year. ... more
Iran’s real GDP growth is forecast to edge down to 4.0% in both 2018 and 2019 after coming in at 4.3% in 2017, according to the latest edition of the World Economic Outlook issued by the ... more
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, expanded by 5.6% y/y in March. Preliminary data shows GDP accelerated through the first quarter of this year, rising from 4.4% in January and 5.5% ... more
Belarus’s economy is doing surprisingly well, on the back of Russia’s recovery and moreover the government is being prudent using the windfall income to pay off debt. Belarus' gross domestic ... more
The NBU has also kept its economic growth projections for 2018-2020. According to the central bank, the Ukrainian economy will increase by 3.4% y/y in 2018. According to official data, ... more
The publication of the “Kremlin List” at the end of January was an anticlimax. So sanctions announced on Friday April 6 against seven Russian billionaires were a shock not only for the oligarchs ... more
In 2017, Belarus’s GDP went up 2.4%, the first positive result since 2014. This meant an exit from a two-year recession, further proof of, which includes an upward trend in industrial production, ... more
Ukraine’s economy is doing better and put in 2.5% in 2017, the State Statistics Service reported on March 21, after revising its growth estimate upwards. Economic growth was driven by ... more
Following weaker performance at the end of last year, the Russian economy appeared to get back to the track of slow growth in the first two months of this year. The engine of recovery seems to have ... more
Iran’s economy has experienced an “impressive recovery” since international sanctions were lifted in January 2016 and delivered an annual economic growth of 12.5% in the last Persian year ended ... more
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, grew by 5.5% y/y in February and 4.9% y/y in January-February. Overall, the economy achieved 5% growth in 2017. The Georgian economy has bounced ... more