The increase in the minimum wage from ALL 40,000 to ALL 50,000 in 2026 significantly changed the relationship between wages, productivity and the cost of formalization. The ALTAX Study shows that the main challenge is not only whether the...
Budget revenues reached 557.6 billion lek during the first eight months of 2026, achieving 100.1% of the plan and marking an increase of 58.5 billion lek, or 11.7%, compared to the same period last year. At first glance, this represents...
The latest change by Moody’s regarding Albania deserves to be read beyond the news that “Albania’s rating has been upgraded.” In fact, the international credit rating agency has not yet changed Albania’s sovereign rating. It has confirmed the Ba3 rating, but...
ALTAX assesses that the reform of territorial division is necessary and overdue. The 2014 reform reduced the number of units from more than 370 to 61, but failed to fully resolve the problems of functionality, administrative capacities and fiscal sustainability...
The latest data are showing an important change in the way the Albanian economy is moving. Consumption is accelerating, while price pressures from imports and production remain weak. The Albanian economy is entering a phase where demand indicators and cost indicators...
Euro is not printed in Albania. But what happens when an economy continuously receives purchasing power from abroad, without expanding its productive base to the same extent? There is a simple way to understand one of the sharp problems of the...
According to the latest data from the Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), published on September 10, 2026, the average monthly gross wage for an employee with a salary reached 92,150 ALL in the second quarter of 2026. This marks an increase...
From the lack of skills to institutional inability to produce and retain them. The debate on the shortage of labor in Albania often stops at a simple question: Does the country have people with the skills that the economy requires? But this...
Albania’s labor market has reached a new structural turning point: employment is at record levels, wages are rising, yet businesses increasingly struggle to find qualified workers. ALTAX announces the publication of the English edition of “The Skills Absurdity and Wage Polarization”,...
The Albanian economy grew by 3.66% in 2025 and by 3.71% in the first quarter of 2026. The indicators place Albania above the Western Balkans average, but an analysis of the structure of growth raises a more important question than...
