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1 – 10 of 96Romania is among the member states liable to the EDP. Although its debt is relatively low at 47.9% of GDP, Romania has wide budget and current account deficits, yet its tax-to-GDP…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284013
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events that strain states' emergency response and fiscal resources. The latest wave of disasters showed no country in…
Central-East European (CEE) economies grow faster than most in good times but are more vulnerable in bad times, lacking the political and financial capital and competences to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274456
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Slovakia’s Soviet inheritance has exposed it to the massive economic fallout from the Kremlin’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine, its efforts to squeeze natural gas supplies…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273565
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Far-reaching law-making powers have been delegated to governments throughout Europe, which have engaged in unprecedented levels of public spending; the urgency posed by the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274919
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Monthly output in Estonia started contracting from June. GDP (adjusted) stagnated in the first quarter of 2022, and contracted quarter-on-quarter in the following two quarters…
Flows resumed within days, but the sudden cut-off -- ascribed to overdue transit payments -- highlights Central Europe’s dependence on Russian oil imports and the difficulty of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272898
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254471
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Surging inflation across CE has coincided with a rapid worsening of current-account balances, particularly in Hungary, putting the region’s currencies under strain. It has…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265777
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Intensified political disputes between the main parties are holding up the state budget for 2020, including funding for local elections in November. They also threaten to weaken…