Economy

Those infamous red lights

The resilience and ability of the Maltese economy to withstand shocks emerges once again from the Macroeconomic Imbalance Procedure (MIP) Scoreboard published by the European Commission last week. Malta is one of 8 member states who had two or less macro-economic...

Frans Camilleri | posted yesterday

Economy

Scope Ratings: Malta 3rd most resilient global economy

Scope Ratings have published their 2021 external vulnerability and resilience rankings. This exercise studies world economies’ risk of facing balance of payments crisis as well as their degree of resilience when exposed to an external crisis. This is meant to measure...

TheJournal.mt | 01/12/2021

Economy

OFFICIAL: Malta with the fastest growing EU economy

Across the EU, economic growth amounted to 3.9% during the third quarter of 2021. However, the Maltese economy fared much better than this, with our economy registering the highest growth rate observed across the Union. At 9.7%, the Maltese economy growth rate was...

TheJournal.mt | 29/11/2021

Economy

Malta’s 2022 Budget approved by the European Commission

On the 24th November, the European Commission gave the all-clear to Malta’s 2022 Budget and confirmed that it complies with the recommendation of the European Council. This has been confirmed by Prime Minister Robert Abela during an interview on ONE Radio this...

TheJournal.mt | 28/11/2021

Economy

Malta: the EU’s fastest growing economy in 2022

In their Autumn 2021 forecasts, European Commission economists are predicting that next year the Maltese economy will be the fastest growing economy. Whereas compared to the previous set of forecasts, the Commission’s economists downgraded their prediction for the EU,...

TheJournal.mt | 23/11/2021

Economy

Inflation Premonition

Cost of living prices have been rising across Europe in recent months, with annualised inflation hitting 4.1% in October in the Eurozone. The worrisome figures are increasingly causing concern in national capitals, despite a strong economic rebound since the pandemic,...

Frans Camilleri | 21/11/2021

Economy

Diametrically opposite assessments: Fitch vs the Opposition

Fitch Ratings have just reaffirmed their A+ rating for the Maltese economy. It appears that these international economic experts did not give much consideration to the overtly negative economic assessment that has been showcased by the Opposition since the Budget....

TheJournal.mt | 20/11/2021

Economy

More than 10,000 additional jobs in 17 months

By end May 2021, the number of those working full-time in Malta had reached a record 237,375, while that of those working part-time was up to 65,835. Before Robert Abela became Prime Minister the number of people in full time employment was 229,321, while 61,702 were...

TheJournal.mt | 09/11/2021

Economy

Lowest tax burden in two decades

In 2020, the burden of taxes on the national economy fell to 30.4% of GDP. This is the lowest level in two decades. Official NSO data show that during the pandemic, apart from investing heavily to sustain the economy, the Government continued to reduce the tax burden....

TheJournal.mt | 07/11/2021

Economy

1,000 new homeowners every month in 2020

One of the predicted effects of the pandemic was that it would lead to new couples losing the opportunity to gain a foothold up the property ladder, due to a rise in unemployment. However, a scientific survey carried out by the National Statistics Office under...

TheJournal.mt | 02/11/2021

Economy

Central Bank study: Business optimism reaching new highs

Many of us have come across media reports about the EY Malta Attractiveness Survey. Most of these reports focused on the fact that many firms stated that they do not think Malta is an attractive destination for FDI. However, only a fewof these reports noted the other...

TheJournal.mt | 31/10/2021

Economy

Unleash creative destruction

Capitalism has a bad reputation nowadays. Though some tolerate it as the “least awful” of alternatives, many accuse it of having led to unacceptable inequality, disastrous climate change and fractured societies. Some believe that these consequences are enough to...

Frans Camilleri | 30/10/2021

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