Publications & Research

All Publications & Research 2021

Type Title Authors Date
Economic Update Economic Update 12/2021 Central Bank of Malta 22 December 2021
Policy Note 09/2021 Malta’s public finances through the COVID-19 pandemic Juergen Attard, John Farrugia 17 December 2021
Outlook 2021:4 - Box 2 The  impact of Budget 2022 targets on the Bank's fiscal projections John Farrugia, Juergen Attard 17 December 2021
Outlook 2021:4 - Box 1 Supply bottlenecks, labour shortages and cost increases - Forecast implications Ian Borg 17 December 2021
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2021:4 Central Bank of Malta 17 December 2021
Policy Note 08/2021 The economic effects of the COVID-19 tourism downturn Nathaniel Debono, Noel Rapa 9 December 2021
Research Bulletin - Article Estimates of the exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices in Malta Noel Rapa, Glenn Abela 26 November 2021
Research Bulletin - Article The relationship between salaries and education attainment in Malta Nathaniel Debono 26 November 2021
Research Bulletin - Article Mitigation measures, prevalence response and public mobility during the COVID-19 emergency Noel Rapa 26 November 2021
Research Bulletin - Article The impact of external shocks in the euro area on the Maltese economy William Gatt Fenech, Germano Ruisi 26 November 2021
Research Bulletin Research Bulletin 2021 Central Bank of Malta 26 November 2021
Interim FSR 2021 - Special Feature The Maltese financial sector's exposure to climate-sensitive sectors Joanne Ciantar, Stefan Scerri 25 November 2021
Interim FSR 2021 - Box 1 Update of Deep-Dive Analysis into Moratoria Uptake in Malta David Stephen Law, Brendon Cassar 25 November 2021
Policy Note 07/2021 The impact of migration assumptions on ageing expenditure forecasts Aaron G. Grech 23 November 2021
Interim FSR Interim FSR 2021 Central Bank of Malta 22 November 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 11/2021 Central Bank of Malta 19 November 2021
QR 2021:4 - Article Growth of the professional, scientific and technical sector and of the administrative and support service activities sector Sandra Zerafa, Annaliese Mifsud, Joanna Borg Caruana 12 November 2021
QR 2021:4 - Box 2 Transactions at Point of Sale (POS) terminals in Malta in recent years Charles Saliba, Victoria Briffa 12 November 2021
QR 2021:4 - Box 1 Timing the Maltese business cycle Reuben Ellul 12 November 2021
Quarterly Review QR 2021:4 Central Bank of Malta 9 November 2021
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2021:3 Central Bank of Malta 25 October 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 10/2021 Central Bank of Malta 20 October 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 9/2021 Central Bank of Malta 28 September 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 8/2021 Central Bank of Malta 23 August 2021
WP/05/2021

A study on the exchange rate pass-through to consumer prices in Malta

Glenn Abela, Noel Rapa 18 August 2021
Outlook 2021:3 - Box 2 Forecasts by other institutions Reuben Ellul 17 August 2021
Outlook 2021:3 - Box 1 Tourism expenditure projections Reuben Ellul 17 August 2021
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2021:3 Central Bank of Malta 17 August 2021
Policy Note 06/2021 The characteristics associated with the short and long-term unemployed in the Maltese labour market Ian Borg, Rafael Fearne 16 August 2021
QR 2021:3 - Box 3 The inflation experience of low-income households Jude Darmanin 12 August 2021
QR 2021:3 - Box 2 Renewable electricity in Malta: A question of sources Reuben Ellul 12 August 2021
QR 2021:3 - Box 1 Saving behaviour in Malta: Insights from the Household Budgetary Survey Glenn Abela, William Gatt Fenech 12 August 2021
WP/04/2021 Labour productivity growth in Malta: A sectoral decomposition analysis Roberta Montebello, Jude Darmanin 11 August 2021
Policy Note 05/2021 Employment limitations of peripheral regions: The case of Gozo Reuben Ellul 11 August 2021
Policy Note 04/2021 Malta's Governance Framework: Insights from International Governance Indicators Nathaniel Debono 11 August 2021
WP/03/2021 Mitigation measures, prevalence response and public mobility during the COVID-19 emergency Noel Rapa 11 August 2021
Quarterly Review QR 2021:3 Central Bank of Malta 30 July 2021
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2021:2 Central Bank of Malta 28 July 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 7/2021 Central Bank of Malta 23 July 2021
FSR FSR 2020 Central Bank of Malta 13 July 2021

Impact of EU-wide insurance stress tests on equity prices and systemic risk

Petr Jakubik, Saida Teleu 6 July 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 6/2021 Central Bank of Malta 21 June 2021
Policy Note 03/2021 An analysis of educational attainment in Malta Tiziana Marie Gauci 14 June 2021
Outlook 2021:2 - Box 1 The implications of the 2021 HICP weights on inflation forecasts Rafael Fearne 11 June 2021
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2021:2 Central Bank of Malta 11 June 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 5/2021 Central Bank of Malta 20 May 2021
QR 2021:2 - Article

Developments in the Maltese economic structure since 2000: an analysis using chain-linked sectoral national accounts data

Jude Darmanin, Roberta Montebello, Warren Deguara 14 May 2021
QR 2021:2 - Article Estimates of industry-specific multipliers for the Maltese economy on the basis of the SIOT for 2015 Nathaniel Debono, Ian P. Cassar 14 May 2021
QR 2021:2 - Box 2 Liquidity conditions and monetary policy operations from maintenance period 1 to maintenance period 8 of 2020 Antonella Sciberras, Nathan Chatland 14 May 2021
QR 2021:2 - Box 1

The determinants of well-being: Results from the European quality of life survey

Nathaniel Debono 14 May 2021
Quarterly Review QR 2021:2 Central Bank of Malta 14 May 2021
Business Dialogue Business Dialogue 2021:1 29 April 2021
Policy Note 02/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic and disruption in 2020: Developing a government response tracker in Malta

Kurt Sant 28 April 2021
Policy Note 01/2021 The inflation experience of low income households Jude Darmanin 22 April 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 4/2021 Central Bank of Malta 21 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 6 Numismatic Releases 2020 14 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 5 The sustainability of the Maltese government debt John Farrugia, Juergen Attard 14 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 4 Economic Projections 14 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 3 Sectoral contributions to aggregate labour productivity and ULC growth Roberta Montebello, Jude Darmanin 14 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 2 Overview of the financial assets and liabilities of the Maltese economy by institutional sector Kimberly Mamo, Janica Borg 14 April 2021
AR 2020 - Box 1

Access to Finance in 2020

Sandra Zerafa 14 April 2021
Annual Report AR 2020 Central Bank of Malta 13 April 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 3/2021 Central Bank of Malta 24 March 2021
WP/02/2021 Saving behaviour in Malta: Insights from the Household Budgetary Survey Glenn Abela, William Gatt 10 March 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 2/2021 Central Bank of Malta 22 February 2021
Outlook 2021:1 - Box 2 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Maltese labour market Abigail Marie Rapa 17 February 2021
Outlook 2021:1 - Box 1 The impact of lower tourism flows on private consumption expenditures Reuben Ellul 17 February 2021
Outlook for the Maltese Economy Outlook 2021:1 Central Bank of Malta 17 February 2021
WP/01/2021 Timing the Maltese business cycle: A historical perspective Reuben Ellul 16 February 2021
QR 2021:1 - Box 2 Long-term housing rentals in Malta Reuben Ellul 11 February 2021
QR 2021:1 - Article The 2020 National Accounts benchmark revision Vanessa Dimech, Owen Grech 11 February 2021
QR 2021:1 - Box 1 An analysis of Malta's potential to telework Nathaniel Debono 11 February 2021
Quarterly Review QR 2021:1 Central Bank of Malta 9 February 2021
Economic Update Economic Update 1/2021 Central Bank of Malta 22 January 2021