Economy in Macedonia

  • Europe in 2016: Terror fears, migration, politics. But economy may turn a corner

    ALBANIA, 2016/01/02
  • Global growth will be disappointing in 2016: IMF's Lagarde

    AFGHANISTAN, 2016/01/02 World economic increase will be disappointing next year and the outlook for the medium-term has as well deteriorated, the chief of the International Monetary Fund said in a guest article for German newspaper Handelsblatt published on Wednesday. IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the prospect of rising interest rates in the United States and an economic slowdown in China were contributing to uncertainty and a higher risk of economic vulnerability worldwide. Added to that, increase in world trade has slowed considerably and a decline in raw material prices is posing problems for economies based on these, while the financial sector in a lot of nations still has weaknesses and financial risks are rising in emerging markets, she said.
  • Revised IMF forecasts signal gloom on global economic outlook

    AFGHANISTAN, 2015/01/20 Low oil prices will not provide a sufficient updraught to dispel the clouds hanging over the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. In a sign of its increasing gloom about the medium term economic outlook, the IMF cut its world economic increase forecasts by 0.3 % points for both 2015 and 2016, despite believing cheaper oil represents a “shot in the arm”.
  • Balkan Leaders in Berlin Pledge to Work Together

    GERMANY, 2014/09/09 Vladimir Pesevski, Macedonia's deputy prime minister for economic affairs , said nations in the region must start working together and rely on their own strength to resolve outstanding economic issues, increase employment and trade and improve the in general business climate. “We should stop relying on EU advisers for everything and start shifting to local level. We should rely on regional cooperation and on ourselves,” Pesevski told a conference of Balkan leaders in Berlin hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Dusan Vujovic, Serbian finance and economy minister, agreed that the nations of the region should start working together on major infrastructural projects, such as highways and railways.
  • Macedonia Brings Back ‘Patriotic’ Receipts

    MACEDONIA, 2013/05/13 Macedonia's government has restored the so-called patriotic receipt system as part of a new Law on Cash Payments. It is being pushed as a way of raising awareness part customers and thus increasing request for local products. “This measure is directed toward providing support for the Macedonian economy through better use of Macedonian goods,” the chief of the public revenue office, Goran Trajkovski, said.
  • Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki

    INDONESIA, 2013/01/18 The cooperation between Macedonia and Indonesia, inclunding possibilities for its bolstering were a subject of discussion at Wednesday's conference of Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki and a delegation of Indonesian Home of Representatives. The Indonesian delegation told Mr. Poposki that next his visit to Jakarta, the drafting of bilateral agreements on avoiding double taxation and protection of investments was in a final stage, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a press release.
  • Macedonia PM Vows to Repay Private Sector Debt 2012-09-29

    MACEDONIA, 2012/09/29 更多