Jun 17, 2021 | Economics, Sustainability, Trends
By Casper Engelen, RBI | In the last decade, we have seen an accelerated development towards digital economies in the CEE region. Here, the digitalisation of production, consumption and financial services plays a key role in economic development and convergence....
Jun 10, 2021 | Business, Economics, Sustainability, Trends
By Katarina Nossakova, RBI | Following the huge rise in popularity of Bitcoin[1] with its value increasing over 300 per cent during 2020[2] and the cryptocurrency market hitting a record-high market capitalization right above $2.5 trillion[3], much has been...
May 20, 2021 | Economics, Sustainability
By Jörg Bayer, RBI | Romania is certainly something of a diamond in the rough in terms of ESG bonds / finance within the EU. This means that there is still a lot of work to be done. But we also see a lot of potential for improvement and many positive signs on the...
Apr 12, 2021 | Business, Economics
By David Vagenknecht, Raiffeisenbank Czech Republic and Gunter Deuber, RBI Vienna | The topic of inflation is popping up everywhere now. It haunts the economic gazettes, and some inflation data are currently higher than expected. This is true for both, Western and...
