Εβδομαδιαία Επισκόπηση 23-29 Φεβρουαρίου 2016

TURKEY

Banking sector bottom line remains resilient in FY:15, despite strong headwinds

ROMANIA

Current account deficit widens to 1.1% of GDP in FY:15 from a recent low of 0.5% in FY:14, due to stronger domestic demand and higher income outflows

BULGARIA

Current account surplus stands at 1.2% of GDP in FY:15, unchanged compared with FY:14, as higher income outflows broadly offset the better trade performance

SERBIA

Completion of the 4th review of the 3-year EUR 1.2bn precautionary SBA with the IMF was deferred to after legislative elections

Headline inflation rises temporarily to 2.4% y-o-y in January, due to higher volatile fruit and vegetable prices

FYROM

Parliament postpones early legislative elections to June 5th

Current account deficit widens to 1.4% of GDP in 2015 from an 8-year low of 0.8% of GDP in 2014

ALBANIA

Public debt-to-GDP ratio broadly stabilises at 72.2% in 2015, after having surged by a cumulative 14.4 pps of GDP in the past 4 years

CYPRUS 

Decline in real estate prices slows, for the first time in 5 years, to 4.3% y-o-y in 2015

Tourist receipts reach a 14-year high of EUR 2.1bn (12.2% of GDP) in FY:15

EGYPT

Unemployment rate declines by 0.1 pp y-o-y to 12.8% in Q2:15/16

Quarterly real GDP growth moderates sharply to 3.0% y-o-y in Q1:15/16 from a multi-year high of 5.6% a year earlier

APPENDIX: FINANCIAL MARKETS