Economic monitoring moves to the Statistics Office from May
Estonia's economic monitoring previously conducted by the Estonian Institute of Economic Research will be transferred to the Statistics Office starting in May 2023 due to government dissatisfaction with the EKI's findings.
The controversial economic studies will be taken away from the Institute of Economic Research
Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Ligi's hint that the Estonian Institute of Economic Research will lose its contract for government-criticized economic studies is being realized as the European Commission signs a framework contract with Statistics Estonia.