Macedonia
Economy
Growth in foreign investment is likely to come in strong in 2011, providing both cover for Macedonia's current account deficit and helping to create much-desired jobs. However, political...
2012-01-30Economy
In its latest country review, the IMF has warned Macedonia to "be prepared" for the downside risks that come with the expected downturn in the Eurozone. At the same time, it praised...
2011-12-30Economy
In the latest development in the long running name dispute between Macedonia and Greece, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on 5th December that Athens was wrong to block...
2011-12-30Economy
While we retain our core view of a slowdown in economic growth starting in H211, we now expect the impact of the Eurozone slump to be felt most in 2012. As a result, we have raised...
2011-11-18Economy
The cumulative current account deficit more than tripled to EUR-0.22bn (US$-0.39bn) in the first eight months of 2011, compared to the same period of last year. The deterioration was...
2011-11-18Economy
The change of government in Greece does not bode well for a swift resolution to the name dispute with Macedonia, with the new technocrat administration—which now includes more hardline...
2011-11-18Economy
According to Macedonia's Employment Services Agency on Sept, the number of unemployed fell to 303,906 in August, representing a 1.0% decline in month-on-month terms. The latest data...
2011-09-23Economy
Although inflation has come off its highs of over 5% y-o-y earlier in the year, we expect price pressures to remain elevated for the rest of the year, and hold to our forecast of 4.5%...
2011-08-26



