Having reached a peak in 2002, Croatia's GDP growth lost momentum thereafter due to restrictive economic policy … has been identified as the main threat to macroeconomic stability. In 2004 Croatia, together with Latvia and Estonia, was … beginning of 2005 the World Bank downgraded Croatia to a ¿severely indebted middle-income country'. In addition, Croatia has one …

The report gives an overview of the overall trends in output and employment in Croatia, and of the country's fiscal and … developments in other Central, East and Southeast European economies. Finally some economic policy issues specific to Croatia are …. In contrast to the largely successful stabilization of prices and the exchange rate, Croatia's external position has …

Employment and unemployment in the Western Balkans an assessment (by A. Iara and H. Vidovic, pp. 1-10) Keywords labour … market, employment, Western Balkans Countries covered SEE Topics Labour and Migration Skills and the performance of exports …

rates - just as Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan will rebound more strongly … pronounced as long as employment fails to grow. Investment will not act as a strong engine of growth either. Given the generally …

the third quarter of 2011. In a number of countries (e.g. Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia) the most …

, while Slovenia and Croatia will be unable to avoid another recession this year – notwithstanding the likely beneficial …

employment. Furthermore, patterns of adjustment across CESEE economies vary greatly, with some countries (such as Croatia … dampens consumption expenditures, and leads to cutbacks in employment (and wages), which, in turn, lower household incomes and … markets of the CESEEs and the situation of the banking sector respectively. Towards the end of 2011 the employment situation …