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Asia: goodbye savings, hello bonds
The crisis in the eurozone has been causing plenty of worries in Asia – particularly around the supply of credit to the region. But the bigger problem for many countries lies closer to home – in a...
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Poland rates: enter the easing cycle
Poland’s slowing economy prompted the central bank’s interest rate-stetting Monetary Policy Council on Wednesday to cut its benchmark rate by a quarter point to 4.5 per cent – the first step in what...
View ArticleRussian rates: election boost is over, time to worry about growth
Russia’s central bank kept its policy interest rates unchanged on Friday morning, as widely expected. But the non-event is worth noticing as it shows the Russian economy moving into its post-election...
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OECD: EMs and the eurozone hit
The OECD Economic Outlook, published on Tuesday, has rung a few alarm bells for developed economies, as the FT reports. But what about emerging economies? What’s the impact on them from the eurozone...
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Greece: not yet an EM, but something for the adventurous investor
By David Edgerly Given the endless sovereign debt crisis in Greece, the collapse of the economy, the chaos and corruption of the country’s politics it is perhaps understandable that reasonable...
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Latvia goes for the euro
Premier Dombrovskis A vote of confidence in the euro: Latvia on Monday formally decided to join the troubled common currency, with the prime minister, finance minister and central bank governor jointly...
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Guest post: Slovenia – not as bad as Cyprus?
By Petra Lesjak of KD Funds Alenka Bratušek became Slovenia’s new prime minister last week, the first female head of government of this Alpine state of 2m people. She could hardly have had a tougher...
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Poland and the euro: closer
In or out? That’s the question as Poland’s leaders send mixed messages about just how aggressively the country plans to move towards adopting the euro. Donald Tusk, the prime minister, was in Berlin on...
View Article[video] Estonia’s euro advice for Latvia
Latvia hopes to become the 18th EU member state to join the eurozone. Estonia became the 17th in 2011. The FT’s Nordic and Baltic correspondent Richard Milne spoke to the President of Estonia, Toomas...
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Poland-Czech-euro: date or no date?
Poland and the Czech Republic seem to be heading in different directions over the euro. The Czech Republic has long been one of the region’s greatest sceptics on joining the common currency, preferring...
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Slovenia’s ratings: why so varied?
Credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Slovenia on Tuesday to junk status, citing its weak banking system. After its being so often compared to Cyprus, you might think that’s fair enough. But the...
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EBRD: sharpish cut in forecasts
Rarely has a forecast been cut so fast. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on Friday slashed its 2013 growth forecast for the emerging economies of central and eastern Europe and...
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Slovenia: family silver for sale
Question: What’s the link between a national airline, a global-brand ski factory and an organic flour producer? Answer: none at all, except in Slovenia, where any half-aware citizen would immediately...
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Czech GDP: it gets worse
The Czech Republic is in a terrible downturn that shows no sign of coming to an end with new flash GDP data showing a first quarter annual contraction of 1.9 per cent, much worse than analysts had...
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Guest post: Latvia’s long day’s journey out of night
By Erik Berglof of the EBRD Latvia has just been given the green light by the European Commission to enter the eurozone. What Latvia has achieved in the period since it was rescued by the international...
View ArticleCEE: GDP figures confirm strong rebound
Maybe it’s time to start preparing for a return wave of CEE migrants from western Europe, as Thursday’s flash GDP third quarter numbers show that most of the region’s economies are experiencing a sharp...
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Guest post: central Europe’s golden decade
By Pawel Swieboda and Milan Nic There will be two types of anniversaries in Europe this year. The ones related to 1914, will be all about the risks of complacency. At last December’s European Council,...
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Crimea invasion revives thoughts of euro for Poland
Nothing like a foreign policy crisis to concentrate the mind. Poland’s potential adoption of the euro, which had been pushed off to the end of the decade under political, economic and constitutional...
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Guest post: central Europe should help entice eastern Europe into the EU
By Jan Cienski of demosEuropa A decade ago, Europe bound together the two halves of the continent, torn apart by war and then by long years of dysfunctional communist rule. The case for European Union...
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The dangers of trivialisation and the failings that accompany it
Bitter experience in Europe tells us that trivialisations of painful historical events, especially if they come from leading political figures, can inspire thinking among electorates that eventually...
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