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Growth in corporate and household deposits remains fast

Eesti Pank

The volume of loans and leases to Estonian companies and households was the same at the end of August as in July at 15.8 billion euros. This meant the financing portfolio had increased by 3.5% since August last year. Annual

Moderate economic growth, yet risks have increased

SEB Pank

Economic statistics for the past week revealed that the Estonian economy grew a lot more last year than was previously thought. The growth of GDP in the second quarter can also be regarded as being good. At the same time,

SEB: The gap between industry and trade is widening

SEB Pank

Last week several updates on some important economic indicators were published. Unfortunately the news were mainly negative – industrial production is falling, orders are decreasing and employee’s pay is not growing from the company’s increasing income but from investments. Industry

Swedbank flash comment: Estonia

Swedbank

Cheaper energy behind deflation • Consumer prices dropped further in August • Cheaper energy behind the decline in prices • Inflation expected at -0.2% in 2015 and +1.9% in 2016 August deflation numbers were in line with our expectations. In

Swedbank: The Estonian Economy

Swedbank

Why worry about wage growth?  Wage growth accelerated again Not sustainable in the longer term Exports have to recover Wage growth accelerated again Gross wage growth has been around or above 5% since 2011. In the first half of 2015,

Employee numbers rising in spite of declining sales

SEB Pank

The ending week will be remembered by many for the nervous decline of the stock markets. Despite these uncertain times, the global economy is on track for growth. In Estonia, initial data published for the economic performance of businesses in

Lower tax rates and prices lifted real wage income

Eesti Pank

Data from Statistics Estonia show that the growth in average gross wages accelerated to 5.8% in the second quarter of 2015, from 4.5% in the first quarter. Tax changes that took effect this year supported the 7.3% rise in the

Labour market sends out contradictory messages

SEB Pank

On Friday of last week, Statistics Estonia published data on the second quarter employment rate collected during the labour force survey. Messages received from the labour market are somewhat contradictory – employment grew significantly in comparison with the first quarter,

Stable prices make saving attractive even with low interest rates

SEB Pank

Rapid inflation, both before and after the economic crisis, made borrowing favourable in each of the Baltic States and reduced the point of depositing money – due to the rapid decrease in the purchasing power of money, real interest rates

Uus ehitusseadus tuleb kasuks turul ausatele mängijatele

1. juulil 2015 jõustuvad uus ehitusseadus ja uus planeerimisseadus. Vastavalt nendele dokumentidele enam ei ole vaja saada ehitusluba väikeste kinnisvara objektide rekonstrueerimisel või laienemisel – piisab vaid kirjaliku teadaande esitamisest tööde alguse kohta. Kompaniide gruppi ERE Grupp juhatuse esimees Maksim

Tallinna Balti jaama turu territooriumi rekonstrueerimisel tuleb arvestada kokkuvarisemise ohuga

„Tallinnas asuva Balti jaama rekonstrueerimise kava mõjutab Põhja-Tallinna linnaosa arengut positiivselt, kuid selle elluviimisel tuleb arvestada teatud ohtusid, mis on seotud maa-aluse parkla rajamisega,“ arvab ERE Grupi juhatuse esimees Maksim Sorokin. Turu rekonstrueerimise plaanide avalik arutelu toimus Põhja-Tallinna Valitsuses möödunud

Savings, real estate, and children: future pensioners of the Baltics rely on alternatives to the state pension

According to the Baltic Retirement Readiness Index calculated based on an SEB survey, 90 percent of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian employed population hope to have alternatives (i.e. other sources of income) to the state pension. In reality, only a half

Arhitektuuri välkloengu seekordne teema on “Arhitektuur ja mitte päris”

Sel neljapäeval, 28. augustil toimuval järjekordsel arhitektuuri välkloengul otsitakse vastust küsimusele, mis jääb alles siis, kui jätta kõrvale arhitektuurile tavapäraselt omistatud kriteeriumid – probleemide lahendamine, kasutusmugavuse loomine ja piirangutega arvestamine. Kuidas opereerivad ruumiga valdkonnad, kus puuduvad arhitektidele esitatavad lähtepunktid nagu

Borrowers are afraid of losing their job, but insurance for health risks is the most common

According to a survey conducted by SEB, most clients who have taken a home loan are afraid of unemployment (69% of the respondents), an increase in loan interest (50%) or a decline in health (42%). Of the participants, 66% have

Home loan takers expect the bank to turn attention to the quality of the property acquired with the loan

Just 13 per cent of those surveyed (incl. 11 per cent of Estonian-language and 23% of Russian-language respondents) said that the borrower should be free to decide which property to buy and in what condition and that the bank should