Bank of Estonia
Eurozone crisis catches up with Estonia
Bank of Estonia becomes latest central bank to cut growth expectations; says eurozone crisis could cause a recession in the country
Estonia sounds clear warning on Europe crisis contagion
Eesti Pank says strain is growing in Estonia as eurozone crisis spreads to other areas of the region; asks banks to pay close attention to capital levels
Hansson pips Sutt to Estonia governor seat
World Bank economics chief Ardo Hansson narrowly beats rival Andres Sutt in race to become Bank of Estonia governor
Estonia governor race narrows
Supervisory Board cuts two candidates from the running; Ardo Hansson and Andres Sutt continue in battle to become next governor
Estonia reveals governorship candidates
Eesti Pank puts speculation to rest; announces four well-recognised candidates for role of governor
Former Estonian official advises prime minister before Helsinki move
Märten Ross takes up prime minister advisory role before joining as adviser to Bank of Finland’s monetary policy and research department
Greek debt guarantees were vital for monetary policy: Estonia’s Lipstok
Bank of Estonia chairman Andres Lipstok says pledge by eurozone leaders to provide European Central Bank with guarantees for Greek collateral was very important for its price stability mandate
Bank of Finland snaps up ousted Estonian deputy governor
Märten Ross becomes adviser to the Bank of Finland’s monetary policy and research department in the area of the international economy and economic policy
Estonian finance minister 'certainly qualified' for governor role
Chair of the central bank’s supervisory board says Estonian finance minister, Juergen Ligi is "certainly qualified" for the role of governor
Estonia announces severance packages for rejected deputy governors
Ousted deputy governors given six-month wage severance packages; nomination process for next governor underway
Estonia ousts deputy governors
Supervisory board rejects re-election of current deputy governors, new candidates already named
Estonia euro information campaign a success
Survey on euro adoption information campaign shows 97% of respondents were made aware of switch to single currency
Estonia joins third central bank gold agreement
Bank of Estonia signs agreement limiting central bank gold sales to 400 tonnes a year up to August 2014; follows country’s entry to the eurozone
Estonia nabs firms over euro leak
Bank of Estonia fines two companies for mishandling euro coins ahead of the currency’s launch in 2011; strong link to coin sale in neighbouring Latvia
Estonia expects to undershoot growth
Bank of Estonia Economic Review forecasts decline in growth despite improvements in labour productivity
Estonia upgraded on euro accession; Ireland knocked down on banks’ weakness
Fitch lifts Estonian credit rating two notches, citing benefits of eurozone membership and strong fiscal performance; Moody’s downgrades Ireland on poor growth projections, worries over bad bank
Estonia on the lookout for dud euro notes
Bank of Estonia begins training staff from commercial banks and larger retailers to spot fake euro banknotes
Estonia poised for euro entry, exports lead recovery
Bank of Estonia sees output helped by export upswing the day before Brussels decides on euro accession
Likely euro adoption puts Estonia on positive watch
Fitch Ratings predicts Estonia will join Euro after Tallinn publishes debt figures
Bank of Estonia – Economic Policy Statement
Estonian central bank pins fledgling recovery to a pick-up in export sector, labour market remains weak
Income convergence and inflation in central and eastern Europe
Bank of Estonia paper finds that income levels and inflation are correlated in the long term, but not in the short-term, with the process of convergence appearing to be slow
Labour Market Review (January) – Bank of Estonia
Estonian central bank says unemployment has become structural, and would continue to increase in the first half of this year
New DSGE model for Estonia
Bank of Estonia makes public its new dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model for the domestic economy
Bank of Estonia – Financial Stability Review 2/2009
Bank of Estonia says borrowers’ capability to repay debt is the main risk to stability