By Zoltan Török, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt. Hungary, Helena Horska, Raiffeisenbank a.s. Czech Republic, Tibor Lörincz, Tatrabank, Slovakia and Gunter Deuber RBI, Vienna From a broader European perspective, the region Central Europe (CE) did fairly well in containing the COVID-19 spreading, some countries were among the least affected European countries […]
By Juraj Valachy, Tibor Lőrincz, Tatrabank, Slovakia and Gunter Deuber, RBI Vienna | The public sector in Slovakia – as in many neighboring countries – is not always considered efficient. However, the government’s response during the corona crisis is seen very positive. This holds true for both the […]
by Sebastian Petric and Lucas Darius Konrad, RBI| Reinhart and Rogoff famously distinguish between four types of crises in their book “This Time Is Different”, namely international debt and banking crises, inflation, and currency crashes and debasements. We analyse the question on the interrelation between banking crises and FX […]
By Gunter Deuber and Matthias Reith, RBI Vienna After a phase of exponential spreading of COVID-19 infections in Austria, lasting several weeks in March, the curve has significantly flattened since the beginning of April. Now it is only linear. More importantly, in the last week, the trend has been clearly confirmed that there are significantly […]
By Zoltan Török, Raiffeisen Bank Zrt. Hungary, Gunter Deuber and Matthias Reith, RBI, Vienna | What was initially more a ‘Chinese problem’ and then an ‘Italian drama’ has rapidly transformed into ‘everybody’s problem’. Hungarian authorities – alongside with other CEE governments – were moving in an early stage […]
By Helena Horska, Raiffeisenbank a.s. Czech Republic, Gunter Deuber and Matthias Reith, RBI, Vienna | COVID-19 infections are spreading globally and exponentially. In developed countries, incl. the Czech Republic, a crisis of healthcare systems seems imminent. As a result of containment measures and growing effects of the virus, we also see an existential economic crisis […]
By Gunter Deuber, Casper Engelen and Andreas Schwabe, RBI | Spread of the pandemic Overall, nearly all countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) seem to be still in the very early stages of local Coronavirus outbreaks, but events are emerging rapidly. Thankfully, the amount of reported infections is still on a relatively low level […]
By Gunter Deuber, RBI The Green Deal for Europe (EGD) is seen by some observers as a trend-setting and future-oriented EU project at the level of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) or even the foundation of the euro. However, it should be noted that such ambitious policy projects do not necessarily have a unifying character. […]
By Sebastian Petric and Andreas Schwabe, RBI | In light of the historic anniversary some months ago – 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall -, we have another look at the events surrounding the economic transformation of Eastern Europe, in particular on the transformational recessions in the initial years, as well as […]
By Dieter Aigner, Raiffeisen Capital Management | In recent years, green bonds have become a permanent feature of the investment universe of sustainable investors. Why? Because these bonds are specifically dedicated to financing green projects. This means that the money raised from issues of these securities is used to finance ecological projects with climate relevance. […]
CEE and Austria with a lot of catching up to do By Jörg Bayer, RBI | Read the first part of this article here. What applies to the European financial market as a whole, applies even to a larger extent to the CEE and CIS region including Austria. Currently the total of “green” bonds from […]
By Jörg Bayer, RBI | For years, Green Financial Products sounded like a marketing strategy to many investors and were not taken as a serious and important market segment. This is changing rapidly now, especially in Europe. In the USA this topic is currently determined far more by the markets themselves whereas in Europe, additional […]
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