Armenia's industrial producer prices rose 8.8% in January–August against 4.5% consumer inflation, while August industrial output fell 4.3% year on year.
Georgia's annual inflation reached 5.6% in September with core at 3.7%, and Trend calculations show transport prices accounted for about 39.3% of the increase.
Georgia's real GDP rose 7.8% in H1 2026, down from 8.6% a year earlier, with ICT supplying nearly 29% of growth while construction and agriculture contracted.
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan kept its key rate at 6.5% and lowered the corridor floor to 5.0% as the banking system's liquidity surplus reached AZN 6.3 billion.
Azerbaijan's insurance sector collected $580 million in premiums in 2025, up 34%, as mandatory cover and digital distribution channels drove growth.
Baku's second International Investment Forum produced 23 agreements worth $10.8 billion, with Brookfield, Apollo and ExxonMobil among participants.
Azerbaijan's central bank bought more than $2 billion in foreign currency in the first seven months of 2026, and the manat stayed at 1.7000 per dollar in late September.
The National Bank of Georgia held its refinancing rate at 8.25% on 29 July, forecasting 5.2% average inflation in 2026 as energy prices push inflation above target.
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