Domestic absorption, real exchange rate and trade balances in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia (by Leon Podkaminer) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Foreign direct investment in the Central European new EU members (by Gábor Hunya)...

Draghi’s démarche and the nightmare of the Bundesbank (by Jan Toporowski; pp. 1-2) Keywords monetary policy, monetary union, euro, bonds’ buyout Countries covered EU Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Trade does not drive global growth (by Leon Podkaminer; pp. 3-8) Keywords global...

Baltic states perils of a boom-bust scenario (by Sebastian Leitner, pp. 1-8) Countries covered Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy What drives the Chinese stock market? (by Waltraut Urban, pp. 9-15) Countries covered China Topics Macroeconomic Analysis,...

Bulgaria steady growth (by Anton Mihailov) Countries covered Bulgaria Croatia trade deficit high again (by Hermine Vidovic) Countries covered Croatia Czech Republic after the flood (by Josef Pöschl) Countries covered Czech Republic Hungary growth driven by domestic demand (by Sandor Richter)...

The floating exchange rate a troublesome ally of the Polish central bank (by Andrzej Slawinski, pp. 1-6) Countries covered Poland Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy A note on the interpretation and international comparison of external imbalances (by Gábor Oblath, pp. 7-19)...

Measuring the corporate tax burden (by Roman Römisch) Countries covered Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, European Union Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Productivity catching-up and labour demand employment projections for NMS and CC 2 (by Robert Stehrer)...

The transformation of international financial markets and the future of the eurozone (by John Eatwell; pp. 1-6) Keywords Financial Markets, euro, Debt Crisis Countries covered European Union Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy The harmonisation of banking supervision a chokehold (by Tomasz...

wiiw in 2005 and beyond (by Michael Landesmann, pp. 1-3) Countries covered non specific Topics Other Yet another Balkan state (by Vladimir Gligorov, pp. 4-7) Countries covered Montenegro Topics Regional Development Electricity efficiency in the new EU member states and the accession countries...

Slovak flat tax more pain than gain? (by Zdenek Lukas) Countries covered Slovakia Hungary targeting an inconsistency? (by Pawel Kowalewski) Countries covered Hungary The Common Economic Space agreement origin and prospects (by Vasily Astrov) Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten...

Poland new government, but not-so-new policy? (by Leon Podkaminer; pp. 1-2 ) Keywords fiscal policy, fiscal consolidation Countries covered Poland Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Banks in Poland should be under domestic control (by Stefan Kawalec; pp. 3-10) Keywords banking system...