Sweden: Economic growth has weakened Baltics: Insufficient demand and falling inflation Risks: Even weaker demand, higher unemployment, geopolitical pressures, deglobalisation Sustainability: Continued improvements are needed Swedish economy showed more resilience than expected in the first quarter, although a substantial positive…
In Q1 2023, GDP contracted 3.2% y/y (non-adjusted) and 0.6% q/q (swda) in real terms. GDP contraction met our expectations. In nominal terms, Estonian economy expanded 9.3%, above the long-term average. Estonian economy has contracted five quarters in a row…
The average wage growth accelerated to 13.3% in the first quarter from 12.1% in the fourth quarter. Wage growth was rapid and broad-based despite difficult economic times. Wage growth accelerated due to a significant increase in public sector wages, especially…
MANAGEMENT REPORT CEO summary Q1 2023 marks as a start of new developments in AS Pro Kapital Grupp. Real estate development In Tallinn, we took the decision to start the final stage of development in Kalaranna 8. This last and…
In Q4 2022, GDP contracted 4.1% y/y (non-adjusted) and 1.6% q/q (swda) in real terms. Quarter-on-quarter GDP fell throughout 2022. In 2022, GDP fell 1.3% in real terms, but expanded 15.1% in nominal terms – the fastest result of the…
MANAGEMENT REPORT CEO summary 2022 has been a year to remember for AS Pro Kapital Grupp. The Estonian Chamber of Commerce awarded us the price as the most competitive real estate company in Estonia. The Competitiveness Ranking is a part…
In Estonia, GDP fell more than expected in the third quarter. GDP declined by 1.8% over the previous quarter and 2.3% over the year. In nominal terms, GDP increased notably, by 13.9% in a year, marking very high price increases.…
GDP expanded only 0.6% y/y (non-adjusted), but contracted 1.3% q/q (swda) in Q2, in real terms GDP nominal growth was still strong at 17.8% y/y. The largest positive contribution to the GDP growth came from ICT sector and professional services,…
Wage growth was rapid in the fourth quarter of last year (+7.3%, over the year), but uneven, and lagged price rises. Swedbank estimates that the average net wage will increase by 6% this year, but consumer prices will increase even…
Prices increased by 12.2%, over the year, in December. Inflation reached 12% last time in the 1990s. More than half of the price increase came from higher energy prices, mainly electricity. The rise in consumer prices is expected to accelerate…
GDP expanded 8.6% y/y and 0.7% q/q (swda) in 3Q – the growth met our expectations. GDP has increased 8.5% y/y in the first three quarters of 2021. In 3Q, more than half of the GDP growth came from four…
In September, consumer prices increased by 6.6%, over the year. 60% of the increase in prices came from energy products, especially more expensive electricity and motor fuels. Wages and pensions have risen at least as much as prices. Higher prices…
The economic recovery over the past year has been impressive. In many countries, economic output was already back at pre-crisis levels this summer. Stronger-than-expected development during the second quarter has caused us to revise up the growth outlook for the…
Economy grew by 5.4% annually (non-adjusted) and 4.8% quarterly (seasonally and working day adjusted) in Q1. The result exceeded our expectations and was the strongest among European countries (according to the numbers published so far). The restrictions continued to affect…
In 2020, Estonian GDP fell by 2.9% in real terms and 3.4% in nominal terms. The result was close to our expectations – our forecast, published in January, was -2.7%. In addition, GDP results for the first three quarters were…
