Some time ago, our experts analyzed the preliminary indicators of the state budget for the 11th month of 2023[1] and we considered the budget performance in the face of some risks that can be considered in an annual...
Alliances matter in predicting trade outcomes because governments align trade policies with national security interests and businesses consider political relationships between states when assessing risk[1]. States and businesses not only consider political relationships and alliances when forming international trade,...
According to a December 2023 study by IMF experts[1], Spain experienced a wave of emigration[2] starting in the early 2000s, which increased the share of the non-Spanish-born population from about 2 percent to 2000 to 12...
According to interviews and surveys conducted not only by ALTAX, but as a summary of all findings by various authors, based on the latest statistics, emigration continues to be high. From our analysis during 2023, it seems that...
The government's main motivation must obviously be to stimulate exports which otherwise means doing homework that should have been done long ago. The whole approach to stimulate exports is the objective of their growth, to have economic and industrial benefits related...
Physical currencies have been the mode of economic transaction for thousands of years. Today, payment systems are becoming increasingly cashless. In the European Union (EU), one in five of all daily purchases in 2022 were made online and one third...
In our economy, imports of goods in 2023 are 1.98 times higher than exports [1]. This ratio has increased by 3% compared to 2022. Albanian consumers are used to seeing products from every corner of the world in their...
Diasporas are global communities of immigrants who maintain a sense of connection with their homeland. Because of their unique transnational characteristics, diasporas can have a significant impact on economic exchange and not just in a few ways. The potential of...
The Albanian economy and labor market experienced a weak employment recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, unlike the recovery experienced by EU member states. A look at the performance of the EU economy shows that after contracting by -5.9% in 2020, the...
In the January 10, 2024 publication of the consumer price index (inflation) for December 2023, it is noted that its rate in December 2023 is 4.0% compared to the previous year. In December 2022, the inflation rate was 7.4%. The...
