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CEE Markets Signal is a biweekly publication offering concise comparative analysis of one financial or policy development across several CEE markets. Each edition examines how the issue is unfolding across the region and its implications for finance, investment and policymaking.

Monthly intelligence on capital markets, banking, investment and long-term savings across Central and Eastern Europe

This article examines whether the EU’s banking competitiveness and market integration agenda can deliver equally for Central and Eastern Europe. It explores the potential benefits of regulatory simplification and more proportionate rules, while assessing how greater flexibility in moving capital and liquidity across cross-border banking groups could affect host countries and financial stability in the region.

This article examines why Central and Eastern Europe will play a decisive role in the EU’s efforts to build a more competitive and integrated banking sector. It explores the region’s reliance on bank financing, the barriers to moving capital and liquidity across borders, and how CEE support for appropriate safeguards and a European deposit insurance system could help advance banking integration.

This article examines whether the EU’s Savings and Investments Union can help close Central and Eastern Europe’s investment gap by mobilising household savings and directing more private capital towards productive investment. It looks at the opportunities for deeper regional capital markets and better access to finance, while warning that financial integration alone will not guarantee convergence unless capital also reaches smaller and developing markets.

The EU’s Market Integration and Supervision Package aims to deepen capital market integration, reduce fragmentation, and strengthen supervisory convergence across Europe. For Central and Eastern Europe, the picture is more mixed.