Energy prices have risen sharply for the second week in a row. The price of Brent crude oil increased by 9.9% to $96.78 per barrel – over two weeks it has risen by about 27%, and…
The Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Russia reduced the key interest rate from 14.25% to 14%. The central bank has been lowering it since June 2025, but this time the market expected…
Some members of the European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council considered raising interest rates during the latest meeting, ECB President Christine revealed on Thursday…
After raising interest rates in June, the Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided on Thursday not to change any of the three main interest rates.
With the fragile truce broken and military actions between the US and Iran resuming, concerns about energy market imbalances and higher inflation are growing again. If the conflict over…
Lithuanian business confidence proved unusually resilient through two very different geopolitical shocks: in 2022 during the war in Ukraine, it decreased by 6,9 points, in 2026 during…
In Lithuania, inflation remains one of the highest in the European Union, but the main reasons for this lie not externally, but within the country. This was stated to “Žinių radijas” by “Swedbank”…
Inflation and rising operating costs remain one of the biggest challenges for small businesses in the Baltic countries. Estonian companies feel this pressure the most, but in Lithuania growing…
Last week, two opposing forces clashed in the world markets. US inflation in June decreased faster than expected – the annual price growth slowed to 3.5%, mostly…
Annual inflation in the euro area in June, compared to May, slowed from 3.2% to 2.8%, according to the latest data released on Friday by the European Union’s (EU) statistical office Eurostat…