Monthly Report No. 2/2008

Current situation of the global economy challenges and potential consequences for Central, East and Southeast Europe (by P. Havlik and J. Pöschl, pp. 2-5) Keywords global economy, financial instability Countries covered Wider Europe, OECD, CIS Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy Soaring grain prices driven by rising demand for food and biofuels (by Z. Lukas, pp. 6-12) Keywords food prices, grain, biofuels Countries covered EU, CIS, OECD Topics Agriculture and Food Industry; Energy Social exclusion and Europe's Muslims (by Arno Tausch, with Christian Bischof and Karl Mueller, pp. 13-18) Keywords Muslims, integration, Europe Countries covered EU Topics Labour and Migration; Economic Integration Selected monthly data on the economic situation in ten transition countries, 2006-2007 (pp. 19-29) Countries covered Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine Guide to wiiw statistical services on Central, East and Southeast Europe, Russia and Ukraine (p. 30)