Economic Review

Rising Demand and Declining Yields Push Coconut Oil into Luxury Tier

Prices of coconut oil are surging in Asia, where top consumer India leads the charge with a tripling in two years, as supply shortages and booming demand for the nutrient-rich…

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Analysing the EU’s Spring Economic Forecast

The European Commission yesterday published its Spring Economic Forecast. This forecast is based on a set of technical assumptions concerning exchange rates, interest rates and commodity prices with a cut-off date of…

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Malta needs to depart from the myopic 5-year political cycle – Part 2

In the first part of this series, we argued how both the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission identified certain aspects of the labour market as key challenges to…

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Euro area annual inflation up to 1.4%

Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 1.4% in March 2018, up from 1.1% in February, according to a flash estimate from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European…

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D|E Introducing our experts – Part 1

Ing. Philip Micallef has over thirty years experience in middle and senior management roles in both the public and private sectors in Malta, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain and Bermuda. He holds…

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Malta ‘A-/A-2’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Positive (S&P)

S&P Global Ratings affirmed its 'A-/A-2' long-term and short-term sovereign credit ratings on Malta. The outlook remains positive. S&P declared that the positive outlook indicates that Malta's ratings over the…

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Malta needs to depart from the myopic 5-year political cycle

Two recently published reports by two reputable international institutions seem to arriveat the same conclusion: Malta’s economy is growing by leaps and bounds, but significant challenges can already be spotted…

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