Macroeconomy

The Regional Office of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for Europe and Central Asia has published technical notes titled “Future Development Pathways for Aquaculture a...

Azerbaijan’s service economy is having a moment. In January-February 2026 the value of paid services sold to households rose by 8.9% in real terms, to 2.53bn manats.

The escalation of military tensions around Iran has driven a sharp rise in global oil prices, potentially bringing significant benefits to Azerbaijan’s energy-dependent economy while at the same time...

When Azerbaijan’s Economic Council convened on February 27 under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Ali Asadov, the agenda went beyond a routine macroeconomic review. At the center of discussions was...

Azerbaijan’s drive to modernise one of the South Caucasus’s oldest vehicle fleets is entering a more uncertain phase. After several years of tax incentives that fuelled a surge in hybrid imports, the...

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Ilham Aliyev spoke at the Azerbaijan Executive Breakfast, a high-level event designed to present Azerbaijan not only as a resource-rich state but also a...

Food prices in Azerbaijan followed a two-track trajectory in 2025, with sharp increases in staple goods and dairy products counterbalanced by steep declines in vegetables and selected protein items. T...

In 2026, Azerbaijan is likely to move forward not through sweeping political change, but through a careful recalibration of power, priorities and partnerships. Under the leadership of President Ilham...

Azerbaijan is ending 2025 with a calmer economic pace than in recent years. After a period of solid non-oil growth and post-pandemic recovery, growth has slowed as hydrocarbon production declines and...

The world today feels strangely familiar to anyone who remembers the 1980s debt crises. The numbers have changed—grown grotesquely larger—but the sensation is the same: a creeping sense that something...

Warnings of an impending financial crash in the United States have gained traction among some economists and market analysts, both in the West and in Russia, who argue that record-high debt levels, in...

A new project is being implemented in the capital, which should lead to a significant increase in the population of Baku.

From October 1st, metro and bus fares in Azerbaijan increased. Public transport fares have increased by 10 qapiks: from 50 qapiks, they will now cost 60 qapiks.

In Azerbaijan, Adnan Ahmadzadeh, the former deputy head of the investment division of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR), has been detained on charges of large-scale fraud linked...

In 2025, Azerbaijan will face an unstable economic situation characterized by slowing growth, rising inflation, and a decline in the oil sector. At the same time, political disagreements with Russia,...

Trump’s new energy and tariff policies could have adverse effects on global oil and gas prices in the short, medium, and long term, potentially triggering an economic crisis in Azerbaijan from 2026 on...