Republic of Latvia: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation

May 8, 2014

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Republic of Latvia: Staff Report for the 2014 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2014) accessed November 12, 2024

Summary

Latvia entered the euro area in January 2014 with the fastest rate of growth in Europe. The 2014 Article IV Consultation highlights that a slowdown in investment and exports was partly compensated by robust consumption demand, supported by rising real wages, bringing GDP growth in 2013 to 4.1 percent. Strong job creation reduced the unemployment rate to 11.3 percent by end-2013, close to its structural level. Consumer price inflation fell to an average of about zero in 2013, mainly owing to weakening energy prices. The 2013 general government deficit outturn of 1.0 percent of GDP was below the target of 1.4 percent.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Credit, External debt, Labor, Labor markets, Money, Public financial management (PFM), Real wages

Keywords: Balance of payments, Baltics, Consumer price inflation, CR, Credit, Deficit, Euro, Europe, Financial asset, GDP, ISCR, Labor markets, Latvia, Non-resident deposits, NRD banks' capital adequacy ratio, Real wages, Requirement, Sovereign bond bond issue, Structural unemployment

Publication Details

Pages:

51
Volume:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2014/115
Stock No:

1LVAEA2014001
ISBN:

9781484376294
ISSN:

1934-7685

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