News - News Releases 2024
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05 August 2024
During the first quarter of 2024, the Maltese economy expanded at a marginally faster pace when compared to the previous one. When adjusting for imports, exports remained the main contributor to economic growth, although domestic demand also had a positive impact. The Bank’s estimate of the output gap indicates that the degree of over-utilisation of the economy’s productive capacity was less than that estimated in the previous quarter.
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01 August 2024
The latest business dialogue held between the Central Bank of Malta and non-financial corporations shows that in the second quarter of 2024, the net share of firms reporting better business conditions weakened when compared to the previous quarter but remained within the range estimated in the last few years. In the second quarter, this share stood at 36%, down from 47% in the first quarter of the year. The services sector remains buoyant, especially due to very strong tourism performance.
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31 July 2024
The Governor of the Central Bank of Malta, Professor Edward Scicluna, is announcing his decision to step aside from the exercise of his function, in order to devote more time to defend his innocence which he reaffirms, for a temporary period, until the outcome of the court proceedings.
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30 July 2024
The Bank’s Business Conditions Index indicates that in June, annual growth in business activity declined, and remained slightly below its long-term average.
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15 July 2024
The Central Bank of Malta published its sixteenth edition of the Financial Stability Report (Report), which discusses the domestic and global macro-financial developments and their effects on the Maltese financial sector in 2023.