GEORGIAN ECONOMY: A TURN FOR THE BETTER?

ISET-PI has updated its forecasts for Georgia’s real GDP growth rates using the April 2013 releases of predictor indices. The updated (fourth) forecast of growth in the 2nd quarter of 2013 was revised upward from 0.9% to 3.9%; the first forecast for the 3rd quarter of 2013 currently stands at 4.8%. Meanwhile, GeoStat revised its "rapid" estimate of GDP growth in the 1st quarter of 2013 from 1.7% to 1.9%; GeoStat's estimate of growth in April 2013 is 4.1%.



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Dr. Feess Holds a Seminar on Competition Policy at ISET

- 16 May 2013

Dr. Feess Holds a Seminar on Competition Policy at ISET

On May 1, 2013, Professor Eberhard Feess of the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, held a seminar at ISET on Competition Policy. The presentation covered theoretical and applied aspects of competition policy and its relevance to Georgia.


- 26 April 2013

Regional Disparities in Georgia

Regional disparities in Georgia, and in particular a perceived urban-rural divide, are to be addressed by the government with regional development strategies, to be developed by the end of 2013. But little research exists that would allow to base regional development strategies on factual evidence...

<a href="http://www.iset.ge/blog/?p=1926">Georgia’s Current Account Deficits: Good or Bad?</a>

- 17 June 2013

Georgia’s Current Account Deficits: Good or Bad?

There has been a lively debate on current account (CA) imbalances around the world. Georgia is not an exception with its politicians and economists often complaining about Georgia’s current account deficits (see Figure 1) and discussing potential ways of reducing or even eliminating them without...

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