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Estonia Flash comment: Investments and inventories had the strongest negative impact on GDP growth in the third quarter

Swedbank

Statistics Estonia revised up to 1.3% its second estimate of the third quarter yoy GDP real growth in Estonia (flash estimate was 1.1%). Compared to the previous quarter, GDP grew by 0.2% (swda). Economic growth has decelerated a bit this

Despite meagre GDP growth, several economic indicators have improved

Swedbank

Economic growth in Estonia continued to be weak in the 3Q. According to the flash estimate, Estonian economy grew 1.1% yoy and 0.2% qoq (seasonally and calendar adjusted). The GDP has increased 1.1% yoy during the first three quarters. We

Merko ehitab Vilniusesse uue hotellihoone

Merko

15. septembril 2016 sõlmisid AS Merko Ehitus kontserni kuuluv UAB Merko bustas ja Orbis S.A. tütarettevõte UAB Hekon ostu-müügi eellepingu valmisehitamise järgseks “ibis” hotelli hoone ja parkla võõrandamiseks. Hetkel on kinnistu UAB Merko bustas omandis. UAB Merko bustas teostab läbi

Swedank flash comment Estonia – Long-awaited investment growth is starting to take off

Swedbank

Statistics Estonia revised second-quarter annual GDP growth 0.2 percentage points up to 0.8%. Regular revision of last four years was also published and led to changes in real growth rates of previous years. 2012-2014 GDP growth was revised down 0.9

SEB Nordic Outlook: moderate growth regardless of political insecurity

SEB Pank

The events in the economy and politics over the last half-year have been unexpected. The UK referendum, the state of the US presidential election, the increase in popularity of extremist parties in Europe, and the diverging from democracy in some

Swedbank: Deceleration of economic growth was expected

Swedbank

According to the flash estimate of Statistics Estonia, GDP growth in Estonia decelerated to 0.6% in the second quarter of 2016 (in the first quarter, Estonian economy grew by 1.7%). Deceleration of the growth rate was expected. First quarter economic

Consumer prices continued to decline in the first half of 2016

Swedbank

Cheaper energy and food behind the decline in prices Price growth is expected to be flat in 2016 In June 2016, consumer prices decreased by 0.4%, year on year, in Estonia. Goods were 0.6% and services 0.1% cheaper compared to

SEB home purchasing power index: A resident of Tallinn can buy an apartment 10 square metres smaller than a resident of Riga

SEB Pank

According to the SEB home purchasing power index, in the first quarter of the year a person living in Tallinn and earning an average income was able to purchase 42.4 square metres of new living space in a dormitory district,

UK votes to leave EU – impact on the Baltic countries

Swedbank

With 52% of UK voting to leave over 48% wishing to stay in, history is being made as we speak, and the United Kingdom will be the first country to leave the EU since its formation. As we expected, the

The housing affordability index (HAI) increased to 132.3 in Vilnius, 166.5 in Riga, and 153.7 in Tallinn

Swedbank

In Tallinn, affordability rose by 10.1 points in the first quarter this year compared with the same period in 2015 due to an 8.5% rise in net wages and almost stable apartment prices. In Riga, the HAI increased by 15.1

Acceleration of the economic growth was not broad based

Swedbank

Statistics Estonia did not revise the GDP growth of 1Q2016 with its second estimate: it remained 1.7% yoy and flat qoq (swda) in real terms. Despite the fall in prices, GDP growth reached to 3% in nominal terms (2.5% in

SEB to issue home loans guaranteed by KredEx for the improvement of energy efficiency

Kredex

SEB will begin to issue home loans to clients who are borrowing to buy, build or renovate their existing homes to make them more energy efficient and who wish to use a guarantee from KredEx for that purpose. “Any investment

Estonian real estate companies expect prices to stabilize soon

Baltic Course

Estonian real estate companies are expecting real estate prices to stabilize and the number of transactions to increase, and are hoping to grow their revenue and workforce, results of a survey conducted by the Association of Real Estate Companies of

Labour market data stronger than expected

Swedbank

In Q1 2016, employment increased due to a higher number of part-time workers. Unemployment rate was slightly smaller than one year ago. We still expect unemployment rate to grow and employment to decline a bit in 2016. First quarter’s labour

Acceleration of GDP growth was expected

Swedbank

According to the flash estimate of Statistics Estonia, GDP growth in Estonia accelerated to 1.7% yoy in 1Q 2016, while compared to the previous quarter (seasonally and working day adjusted) remained flat. On the supply side, continued robust growth of