Armenia : A Cloudy Outlook

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Armenia : A Cloudy Outlook

2015

World Bank

Economic growth slowed to 3.5 percent in 2013 and 2.7 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2014. The slowdown is the result of a number of factors such as slackening foreign direct investment (FDI), dependence on a limited number of commodity exports, and a difficult external economic environment. Consumer lending and remittances continued to support private consumption, but under-execution of government spending suppressed aggregate demand. On the supply side, the mining and energy sectors performed particularly badly, offsetting positive developments in manufacturing. Year-on-year inflation reached close to zero in August 2014, following a long decline since energy price increases caused it to flare up in July 2013. Twelve-month inflation slowed to 0.8 percent in August, well below the central bank s 2.5 5.5 percent target range. The decline came despite new electricity price increases in the same month. On the whole, second-round price pressures were minimal. Core inflation, excluding prices for food and fuel, was being held below headline inflation in the second half of the year.

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Supply side; Treaty; Global interest; Tax credits; Debt holdings; Mineral prices; Disbursements; Current account deficit; Tax exemptions; Import tariffs; Trade shock; Inflation targeting regime; Aggregate demand; General equilibrium; Economic developments; Commercial bank loan; Domestic liquidity; Accumulation of reserves; Trade balance; Market efficiency; Profit margin; Remittance; Equity issuance; Oil; Trading partners; Consumption baskets; Deficit financing; Futures; Gdp; Tranche; Oil prices; Global demand; Export market; Consumption goods; Short-term external debt; Price hike; Weights; Consumer price index; Credit rating; Holding; Open market; Trade policy; Currency; Tariff increase; Labor market; Slowdowns; Short-term debt; Treasury; External financing; Exporters; Import costs; Expenditures; Nominal wages; Labor productivity; Total external debt; Cpi; Currency mismatches; Justice systems; Gradual depreciation; Labor force; Price indexes; Economic activity; Loan portfolios; External shocks; Basis point; Total exports; Inflationary pressures; Consumption spending; Interest rate; Central bank; Reserves; Npl; Import tariff; International reserves; Long-term loans; Beneficiaries; Fixed investments; Return; Holdings; Trading; Capital flows; Investment bank; Tax rate; Tax increase; Annual growth; Government guarantees; Shortfall; Fiscal deficit; Development policy; Target range; Geopolitical tensions; Economic crisis; Export growth; Competitiveness; Real gdp; Government deficit; Domestic demand; Customs union; Commercial bank; Nominal exchange rate; Registration fees; Long-term obligations; Trading partner; Transparency; Liberalization; Domestic capacity constraints; Consumption basket; Unemployment rate; Foreign exchange reserves; Consolidation; Basis points; Foreign exchange; Domestic debt; Slowdown; Human development; Central depository; International markets; Private consumption; Futures markets; Tariff policy; Grace period; Core inflation; Economic policy; Eurobond; Real export; Output gap; Interest payments; Fiscal balance; Real import; Monetary policy; Current account balance; Current account; Price increases; Turnover; Import growth; Government spending; Investment opportunities; Fiscal policy; Market efficiencies; Global economy; Brokerage; Fiscal efforts; Inflationary pressure; Structural reforms; Global markets; Financial markets; Domestic investors; Exchange rate policies; Treasury bill rate; Free trade agreement; Open market operations; Foreign investors; Commodity prices; Bonds; Real export growth; World trade; Pension system; Credit expansion; Development bank; Food price; Macroeconomic environment; Debt service; Treasury bill; Trade patterns; Flexible exchange rate; Nonperforming loans; Consumption growth; Price increase; Foreign direct investment; Growth rates; Inflation targeting; Recession; Trade impact; Government securities; Monetary fund; Tariff increases; Price dynamics; Capacity constraints; Export diversification; Net imports; External demand; Capital markets; Trade restrictiveness; Macroeconomic risk

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Armenia : A Cloudy Outlook

2015

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