The week was once again packed with economic activity. Reviewed data on the GDP for Q3 were published, unfortunately there were no major changes – the economic growth estimation was increased from 0.5% to 0.7% year on year. Worse-than-expected economic…
According to the second estimate by the Statistics Estonia, the GDP growth in Estonia decelerated to 0.7% yoy in 3Q2015, while compared to the previous quarter the GDP decreased by 0.4% (seasonally and working-day adjusted). Primarily construction, transport and manufacturing…
Finding suitable labour is increasingly difficult for Estonian employers, therefore, wage pressures persist even when enterprises sales and profits have decreased. Labour shortage was perceived as the biggest business constraint among the 18% of service, 17% of construction, and 14%…
GDP growth slowed more than expected, from 1.9% in the second quarter to 0.5% in the third quarter, year on year. Quarter-on-quarter change in GDP volumes was negative: -0.5%. During the first 9 months of the year, GDP in Estonia…
Due to a reduction in labour taxes, average net (after tax) wages in the first half of 2015 in Estonia and Latvia rose at a quicker pace than gross wages. In Lithuania the average net wages rose a little bit…
The dual-track economic picture in Eastern (including Central) Europe will persist over the next two years. Conflict-plagued Russia and Ukraine will show continued weakness. In Russia, recession will linger during 2016 too, as plunging oil prices rebound only weakly and…
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,…
• GDP real growth 2% in the second quarter • Main contribution from private consumption, but investments decreased • Economic activities dependent on foreign demand (transportation and manufacturing) had the largest negative contribution to the GDP growth • Exports decreased…
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,…
Monthly gross wages amounted to 1,082 euros, +5.8%, yoy, in Q2. At the same time, net wages were up by 7.3% in real terms because of 0% inflation and lower labour taxes. The growth of gross wages accelerated from 4.5%…
Whilst the focus of this blog is on Tallinn, we sometimes like to focus on the rest of Estonia, both in terms of residential real estate and in other sectors, or related areas. This article is a translation of an…
When buying a new home, it seems that the biggest cost is likely to be the actual purchase price according to property developer Allan Kool, in an article published on Tõnu Toompark’s adaur blog. However, it gradually dawns on home…
The ruling coalition has no option, but to start re-valuation of land that could double or triple land tax, writes Äripäev. The only hope is that since the idea of re-value the land is supported only by Social Democrats, but…
The ruling coalition has no option, but to start re-valuation of land that could double or triple land tax, writes Äripäev. The only hope is that since the idea of re-value the land is supported only by Social Democrats, but…
