Consumer Price Index is one of the main indicators which are used in government’s economic and social policy. At economic policy CPI is mostly used for determination of main direction of monetary policy and price forecasting process as well. At social sphere CPI is widely used for determination of living …
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An alternative approach to the inflation calculation in Azerbaijan
Why alternative approach? This question was answered in early 2000 by local research center working in Poland; in order to maintain the macroeconomic equilibrium. This is important not only for having the credible rate of inflation in the society, but also for adjusting the social and economic policy of the …
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Lately, there is a certain word that influences the life of all people and we sound several times a day: Inflation. It diffused into the life of everyone, from ordinary citizens to the entrepreneurs, from the unemployed to high-ranking officials. Now everyone “comes to agreement” with it about the activities …
Read More »Establishing a legal presence in Azerbaijan
A company may start operations in Azerbaijan from the moment of state registration. The registration of commercial legal entities is handled by the Ministry of Taxes within 2 business days. Limited liability companies with local investment can be registered online. The Law “On State Registration of Legal Entities and State …
Read More »Why invest in Azerbaijan
Political and economic stability 2nd fastest growing economy among 179 countries in terms of GDP per capita growth in 2001-2010 (The Economist). In the past 10 years: GDP grew by 3 times, non-oil GDP by 2.5 times, GDP per capita by 2.6 times, strategic currency reserves by 29 times. Foreign …
Read More »Azerbaijan Seeks New Long-Run Equilibrium Amidst Post-Devaluation Financial Turmoil
Azerbaijan, the third largest oil producer in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) after Russia and Kazakhstan, shifted to a floating exchange rate regime on December 21, 2015, triggered by a rapid fall in oil prices. For the long term Azerbaijan had almost a constant peg of the US dollar …
Read More »Food balance calculation in Azerbaijan: Brief methodological explanations
The food balance is the economic table, reflecting sources of resources’ formation of the main type of food products and purposes its using. The food balance reflects statistical data on movement from product output to its final consumption and gives an opportunity to analyse current situation, to forecast its …
Read More »Azerbaijan Increases Gas Production for Export
On June 3, the president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev, said that by the 2020s, gas production in Azerbaijan will reach around 40 billion cubic meters per year (bcm/a) (News.az, June 3), from the current level of 30 bcm in 2015, according to the …
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