The relationship between wage setting and inflation has been closely monitored in recent years by the Bank of Albania and the former Ministry of Finance and Economy, as it was key to their success in achieving macroeconomic stabilization in an...
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...
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....
International theory and practice show us that: In the short term If an economy experiences high rates of economic growth, then the economy is likely to see interest rates rise as the Central Bank responds to higher growth and potential inflationary pressures...
The sharp tightening of monetary policy has often caused financial stress or even crises, especially in developed economies, but also in developing countries. Because of higher credit and currency risks, global investors have typically pulled out quickly when interest rates...
Today's economy looks vastly different compared to last year and worries about inflation, exchange rate fluctuations, rising bank interest rates and the cost of personal and business loans and even a recession are weighing on in the minds of each...
An increase in the costs of the sectors that develop the Albanian economy will be a test of their sustainability in 2023 and beyond. There is a growing fear not only in Albania, that the influence of the global energy system,...
The US dollar has strengthened significantly against the Albanian Lek as well as the currencies of many industrialized countries and emerging markets in the period of mid-2022. This overvaluation of the dollar is seen in the current conditions of rising...
In the next mission, the members of the Monetary Fund team made a statement, which in itself has findings with a positive approach to fiscal and budgetary actions taken by the Government, where in this position there are confirmations of...
The fear of the onset of the financial crisis as a result of the impact of unforeseen disasters is growing day by day. The main thing is that the crisis in the financial system could happen again, but with an...
