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Estonia (BoE) is committed to maintaining the currency board until the euro becomes Estonia's official currency. The …
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The Republic of Estonia’s 2007 Article IV Consultation reports that surging domestic demand has widened the external …
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This paper assesses Estonia’s flexibility from two angles. The paper focuses on one aspect of that performance …—the ability to sustain competitiveness. Then, a more forward-looking angle is the flexibility of Estonia’s labor and product … markets. Estonia has made great progress in achieving real convergence in the last decade. Current account deficits are …
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Estonia’s commitment to free markets and prudent financial policies has paid off handsomely. Demand pressures and rapid …. Estonia’s economic growth has supported—and been supported by—rapid credit growth, financed increasingly by resource transfers …
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This Selected Issues paper on the Republic of Estonia highlights its growth performance relative to other countries in … the European Union (EU). Estonia has experienced a period of unprecedented growth since the mid-1990s. Between 1995 and … 2005, Estonia’s real GDP per capita rose by an average of 61⁄2 percent a year, exceeding the annual growth rates of all …
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Of the new members entering the European Union (EU) in May 2004, several had achieved a decade of impressive export growth, expanding significantly their shares of world markets. The empirical analysis shows that over the period 1994–2004, quality and technology upgrading associated with the...
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This Selected Issues paper of the Republic of Estonia reviews the current account deficits, sustainability, and … external solvency in the Baltic countries. The paper describes labor market trends in Estonia after the transition … highlights the IMF's projections and estimates for the Republic of Estonia …
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Estonia into an open and flexible market economy and as a star performer among European Union accession countries. Executive …
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The staff report for the 2005 Article IV Consultation on the Republic of Estonia focuses on the economic outlook and … risks. Robust economic growth continues, largely driven by domestic demand. Estonia has achieved significant nominal … convergence; meeting all of the Maastricht criteria, save for inflation. Estonia’s banking system remains financially sound, with …
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This 2004 Article IV Consultation highlights that economic activity has been gathering speed in Estonia. Year …-over-year growth accelerated to 6.8 percent in 2004 Q1 from 5.8 percent in 2003 Q1, driven by domestic demand and supported by …. Estonia’s banking system remains financially sound. The percentage of nonperforming loans declined further and, at 0.4 percent …
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