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Rates may stay high in Eastern Europe for many months

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EASTERN EUROPE

Rising tensions over monetary policy in Central-Eastern Europe have burst into the open in Poland. The National Bank of Poland (NBP)’s controversial decision to halt a year-long…

Cost-of-living crisis will not hurt Hungary’s rulers

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HUNGARY

The largest annual rise was for food, by 30.9% (3.3% month-on-month). Many Hungarians are expecting their living standards to decline, with costs rising also for some public…

Hungary’s economic policy needs fundamental change

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HUNGARY

The hike follows a 185-bp rise two weeks ago that failed to stem the forint sliding to low point of HUF417:EUR1. Inflation continues its steady rise, to 11.7% year-on-year in…

Poland, Czechia and Hungary may join euro, but not yet

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EASTERN EUROPE

The Denkov administration that took office in June has set adopting the euro as a top priority, and blames the previous interim government for Bulgaria’s unpreparedness to join…

Central Europe banks face low risk

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EASTERN EUROPE

Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…

Permanent EU asylum reforms will be hard in crisis

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EU

The EU's 'Dublin' asylum system, whereby protection responsibilities rest with the first EU state of entry, has broken down under the scale of the influx of refugees and migrants…

Prospects for emerging economies to end-2017

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PROSPECTS H2 2017

Prospects for emerging economies to end-2017.

Moderate Czech Euroscepticism will cause no EU rupture

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CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Euroscepticism.

Prospects for Central Europe in 2020

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PROSPECTS 2020

Prospects for Central Europe in 2020.

Soft landing has become more likely in Central Europe

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EU

The NBP’s March Inflation Report lowers its forecast for average CPI significantly to 1.7%, from 3.2% in its November forecast; GDP is to grow by 4.0% (November: 3.6%). Outside…