In 2023, the population of the Western Balkans (WB6) is 16.98 million inhabitants from 17.34 million inhabitants two years ago, with a decrease of 2.1% (360,000 people). The biggest decrease is felt in Serbia with 220,000 individuals less, in Albania...
Food inflation continued to decline for the 15th consecutive month, reaching 5.3% in February from 6.3% in January. OECD food inflation was lower than headline inflation for the first time since November 2021. Year-on-year inflation in the OECD, as measured by...
A fiscal policy that focuses on primary surpluses regardless of the stock of real debt, but combined with a monetary policy that ensures interest payments on outstanding debt, is assessed by international financial institutions as not causing debt to grow...
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...
As the year 2023 came to a close, the Albanian economy is doing better than expected from last year's forecasts. But it can be said that this pace does not match the expectations of small and medium businesses and citizens....
Headline inflation (year-on-year) in the OECD, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI), eased to 6.2% in September 2023 from 6.4% in August, following increases in July and August. Inflation fell between August and September in 27 OECD countries. In...
Contractionary monetary policy (contraction economic policy) is now the most popular method of controlling inflation. The purpose of a contractionary policy is to reduce the money supply within an economy by raising interest rates. This helps slow economic growth by...
In clarifying the term strong economy, according to many definitions and criteria from most information, it is seen that it should summarize together: - High rate of economic growth. According to our commentary, this implies an expansion of economic output,...
As shown in the World Economic Outlook a few days ago, while the world has shown remarkable resilience, the recovery from the shocks of recent years is slow, below its potential and uneven. Growth is slow, because at 3-4 percent,...
In a clarification of the current situation, if our market would be like that of advanced countries, it is that the lost fight against evasion and corruption, as well as failure to act in time to have an expanded and...
