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Boyden Partners Met in Vienna to Discuss Emerging Markets Strategies
The annual global Boyden conference took place in Vienna. Despite the current political crisis in Ukraine the headhunting company sees good prospects of Austrian enterprises and managers.
May 23, 2014
Lithuania Locomotive for Baltic States
Among the three Baltic conomic growth saw the highest increase in Lithuania.
May 12, 2014
Hypo Group: Shady Deals with Balkan Diplomats
The Austrian problem bank Hypo Group has troubles recovering debts.
May 3, 2014
Fitch Upgrades Rating for Slovenia
Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on Slovenia's Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to Stable from Negative and affirmed the IDRs at 'BBB+'.
May 2, 2014
EU Enlargement: A Success Story for Central Europe
Austria is one of the main beneficiaries of the EU enlargement of 2004.
April 30, 2014
Spindelegger: “Arsonists Are to Blame Not Fire Brigade”
The downsizing of ailing bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria is a heavy burden for this year’s budget. According to Finance Minister Spindelegger, the deficit comes at 2.7 percent of GDP while public debts will soar.
April 29, 2014
Hypo Group: Huge Burden for Austrian Budget
The downsizing of problem bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria is a huge burden for this year’s budget.
April 29, 2014
Serbia: New Government Taking Drastic Measures
New head of the Serbian government Aleksandar Vucic has ambitious plans to reform the state and restructure state finances.
April 28, 2014
Poland: Budget Deficit Soaring
Last year the budget deficit amounted to 4.3 percent of GDP.
April 17, 2014
Poland: Excessive Deficit Procedure for Two More Years
The Polish government expects the EU Commission to cancel the Excessive Deficit Procedure in “less than two years” due to the measures applied so far the continuing of economic recovery.
April 16, 2014
S&P Upgrades Polish Banking Sector
Rating agency Standard & Poor’s has upgraded the Polish banking sector from “negative” to “stable”.
April 16, 2014
Serbia: “Radical Measures” Needed to Tackle Grey Economy
Experts call for higher penalties to make tax evasion and gray economy less profitable and establish financial discipline.
April 14, 2014
Vucic: “Not Afraid of Social Riots”
The future Prime Minister of Serbia underlined the necessity of reforms.
April 10, 2014
Poland: Growth Forecast Raised Again
The International Monetary Fund has raised the forcast of GDP growth in Poland.
April 9, 2014
IMF Upgrades Growth for Slovenia
In its latest report the International Monetary Fund has raised its projection for GDP growth in Slovenia.
April 9, 2014
Austria: Government Wants “Restrictive Budget Performance”
Today the Austrian government has decided upon a “restrictive budget performance.
April 8, 2014
Fitch: Polish Rating Foundations Very Solid
As reported by news portal “Warsaw Voice”, rating agency Fitch considers the Polish credit rating foundations to be very solid.
April 8, 2014
Hypo Group: Heavy Burden for Austrian Fiscal Position
The Austrian National Bank, however, expects the structural medium-term budgetary objectives to be achievable.
April 7, 2014
Poland: No Danger of Deflation
According to Marek Belka, governor of the National Bank of Poland (NBP), there is not threat of deflation.
April 7, 2014
Hungary: Clear Victory for Orban
Today, Hungary has held parliamentary elections. Despite controversial and radical reforms, Prime Minister Orban was confirmed.
April 6, 2014
Czech Economy Recovers Slowly
In 2013, the Czech GDP was down for the second consecutive year. This year, the Czech economy is expected to expand by 1.4%.
April 5, 2014
RBI: Economic Recovery Despite Geopolitical Tensions
Economic upswing vs. geopolitics.
April 4, 2014
CEE: Economy Could Become More Vulnerable to Crimea Crisis
If the political crisis in Crimea aggravates negative effects in the economy could soon become evident.
April 2, 2014
Czech Republic: Euro Support Still Weak
Almost a quarter of Czech citizens support the idea of joining the single European currency union.
April 2, 2014
Hungarian Recovery Remains Shaky
Last year, Hungary´s government successfully managed the economic turnaround. Nevertheless, Hungary´s growth remains artificial.
March 31, 2014
Austria: State Revenues Increased
In 2013 the Austrian budget deficit came at 1.5 percent of GDP wile public debts increased to 74.5 percent of GDP.
March 31, 2014
Leitl: “Growth Must Not Mean Less Reforms”
Economic growth is now weaker than in the previous phases of upturn.
March 28, 2014
Poland to Fulfill EU Commission’s Regulations
According to Polish Finance Minister Mateusz Szczurek, Poland will have no difficulties fullfilling the standards set by the European Commission with regard to the budget deficit.
March 27, 2014
Austria: Economic Growth Slowly Getting in Gear
Wifo (Austrian Institute of Economic Research) projects economic growth in Austria to revive again only at the end of this year.
March 27, 2014
Hungary: Orban Striving to Become PM Again
In an attempt to gain another four years as head of the government Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban praises the country’s achievements in the past years since his Fidesz party came into power.
March 26, 2014
Poland: Pension Reform Not to Affect Rating
According to rating agency Fitch, Poland’s country rating will not be affected by the pension reform.
March 25, 2014
Slovenia: Confusion over Real Estate Tax
The deadline for real estate owners to prepare for the new real estate tax has been extended by a month.
March 19, 2014
Wifo Warns European Council of Economic-Policy Standstill
The Austrian Institute of Economic Research sharply criticizes the current economic policy of the European Union and calls for a change of course to reach the self-defined targets.
March 19, 2014
Low Inflation Still No Threat to CEE
Currencies in CEE should not be affected by low inflation, according to Erste Group.
March 19, 2014
Austria: Carinthia Forced to Pay for Hypo Group
Finance Minister Michael Spindelegger announced wanting to include the federal province of Carinthia to participate in the downsizing costs for ailing bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria. Austerity measures are “inevitable”.
March 17, 2014
Serbia: Landslide Victory for Vucic
After Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic’s party saw an overwhelming victory in the early parliamentary elections the new government is facing a hard road ahead.
March 17, 2014
Slovenia: Banking Sector Still Prone to Risks
The Slovenian banking sector is still prone to risks as the number of non-performing loans was not reduced substantially.
March 14, 2014
Poland: “Time for Belt-Tightening”
Poland is required to cut the deficit in the public finance sector.
March 13, 2014
Wifo: Economic Recovery Lacks in Momentum
Economic growth in the Eurozone is still without a major drive. In Austria too, economic recovery is still restrained.
March 11, 2014
Austria: Hypo Group Disaster with Exorbitant Costs
The extent of the disaster of Austrian problem bank Hypo Group Alpe Adria only starts to unfold bit by bit. A further capital injection of € 750m is needed only for the ailing bank to complete its balance sheets.
March 11, 2014
Czech Republic: Economic Growth Speeding up
In the last quarter in 2013 the Czech economy grew faster than anticipated and even outdid all other EU member countries.
March 6, 2014
Czech Republic: Ukrainian Crisis Has Little Impact on Economy
The economic interdependence between the Ukrainian and Czech economy is very limited. The unrests in the East European country will not affect the Czech economy.
March 6, 2014
Austria Losing in Innovation Ranking
The EU member countries are catching up with the US and Japan in regard to innovation. However, Austria is not among the top players.
March 4, 2014
Poland: “Further Gradual Improvement”
The recent tendencies point to accelerated economic growth rates.
March 3, 2014
Fitch Keeps Slovak Rating Unchanged
Slovakia´s issuer default rating was kept unchanged at “A+”. The outlooks remain stable.
March 1, 2014
Slovenia: SMEs Protest Against Real Estate Tax
Tax bills would rise by many times for small business owners.
February 24, 2014
Austria: Tax Increases to be Resolved
The Austrian National Assembley will resolve tax increases.
February 24, 2014
Austria: Wifo Projects Gloomy Economic Outlook
A restrained economic growth, high unemployment rate and measures for the consolidation of the state budget are the factors which affect the economic development on a medium-term.
February 21, 2014
“Polish Economy at Crossroads“
In an interview with Austrian daily “WirtschaftsBlatt“, Ryszard Petru, chairman of the Society of Policy Economists, sees high chances for the Polish economy; however, only if the country knows how to support innovation.
February 21, 2014
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