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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162925103321

Titolo

Republic of Estonia : : 2016 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Estonia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2017

ISBN

1-4755-6592-5

1-4755-6598-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (49 pages) : illustrations (some color), graphs, tables

Collana

IMF Staff Country Reports

Disciplina

330.94741085

Soggetti

Labor

Macroeconomics

Public Finance

Statistics

Production and Operations Management

Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General

Macroeconomics: Production

Labor Economics: General

Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology

Computer Programs: Other

Debt

Debt Management

Sovereign Debt

Labour

income economics

Econometrics & economic statistics

Public finance & taxation

Corporate crime

white-collar crime

Wages

Productivity

Labor costs

Public debt

Production

Industrial productivity

Labor economics

Debts, Public

Estonia Economic conditions



Estonia, Republic of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that Estonia’s recent growth has been subdued. Labor productivity and external competitiveness have weakened. Growth in 2016 is estimated at only 1.3 percent, driven mainly by private consumption on the back of strong wage growth in a tightening labor market. Exports are gradually recovering, but investment continues to contract. Import growth is accordingly low, keeping the current account in small surplus. Inflation rose moderately to about 1 percent. The economy should gradually strengthen going forward, as the external environment improves and existing pro-growth policies come to fruition. Growth is projected at 2.3 percent and 2.8 percent for 2017 and 2018, respectively.