Macedonia's economy was not left behind by the global economic crisis as the country's macroeconomic policymakers had hoped! Certainly, an economy open at all and with a high degree of direct dependence on European and global economies in general should not be saved by the crisis in financial...

The 2008-2009 global recession, which originated in developed economies, has rapidly spilled over worldwide, hitting different economies with various intensity. The Macedonian economy was not an exception - the export sector suffered heavily, expectations deteriorated and household consumption...

The aim of this paper is to examine current macroeconomic thought about economic and financial crisis. Since 1960's two schools of thought are pre-dominant in macroeconomics Keynesian and neo-classical. Many authors from neo-classical economists such as Robert Lucas (1976), gave a critique to...

In this paper, we simulate the poverty effect of the Covid-19 pandemic in North Macedonia and we analyze the income-saving power of three key government measures: the employment-retention scheme, the relaxed Guaranteed Minimum Income support, and one-off cash allowances. In this attempt, the...