Estonia
Economy
Emerging Europe's Sovereign Risk Ratings saw only a modest uptick this quarter, as growing concerns surrounding a possible slowdown in H210 and 2011 weigh on the region's aggregate...
2010-05-27Economy
Risks to the Estonian currency board have mitigated sharply alongside the stabilization of global credit markets and expectations for a tentative macroeconomic recovery in 2010. The...
2010-04-06Economy
Baltic credit default swap (CDS) markets have surged through the latter half of September, with the Latvian 5-year CDS leading the way. We highlighted the break of resistance at...
2009-10-01Economy
The immediate crisis risks facing the Central and Eastern European (CEE) banking sector in Q408 have subsided markedly through H109, with the stabilisation of global credit markets...
2009-06-01Economy
Just after midnight on November 10, ratings agency Fitch downgraded its sovereign ratings for Bulgaria ('BBB-'), Hungary ('BBB'), Kazakhstan ('BBB-') and Romania ('BB+'), while...
2008-11-10Economy
On the back of the EUR20bn IMF-led bail-out package for Hungary, announced on October 28, the European Union has significantly stepped up its level of support for member-states...
2008-10-29Economy
Estonia is facing a hard landing scenario this year, with negative real GDP growth in the second quarter likely to be replicated in Q3 and Q4. We have revised down our full-year economic...
2008-08-27Economy
Estonia's currency board is facing elevated pressures as rapidly decelerating economic growth accentuates the country's wide external asymmetries. That said, in line with our view...
2008-07-22
