IMF Office in the Republic of North Macedonia News Archive

October 11, 2010

Press Statement: Discussions between the Macedonian authorities and IMF staff at the Annual Meetings  

July 16, 2010

Note on SDR Allocation  

In response to media reports that the Government of the FY Republic of Macedonia has agreed to borrow from the IMF, we would like to clarify the following:

May 12, 2010

IMF Presents Europe Regional Economic Outlook in Skopje  

On May 12th, the IMF presented its latest Regional Economic Outlook for Europe (REO) in a seminar in Skopje.

May 5, 2010

FYR Macedonia—May 2010 Staff Visit, Preliminary Findings  

An IMF team headed by Wes McGrew visited Skopje April 29-May 5. The purpose of the visit was to assess economic and financial conditions and discuss economic policies with the authorities.

April 27, 2010

IMF Visit to Skopje  

An IMF mission will visit Skopje the period April 29-May 5. The visit is a regular staff visit, which normally takes place about 6 months after the Article IV mission, which took place in October/November 2009. The mission will assess current macroeconomic circumstances and policies, and hold discussions with the government, central bank, private sector companies (including the major banks), civil society, and the donor community. The mission team is headed by Mr. Wesley McGrew.

April 13, 2010

Interview in Kapital with Alexander Tieman, Resident Representative for Macedonia; April 13, 2010  

January 17, 2010

IMF Blog: Unwinding Crisis Policies in Europe: Are We There Yet?  

To successfully unwind the extraordinary policy measures taken in response to the global economic crisis, we need more than just a good sense of the state of the economic recovery and the degree of financial stability. We also need to know to what extent the global economy currently is influenced by those supportive policy measures. Marek Belka, Director of the IMF's European Department and a former Prime Minister of Poland, discusses whether or not it is safe yet to change tack. He argues that vulnerabilities are still high. But, on balance, the time seems to have come to begin to progressively unwind some of the financial sector support measures.

December 28, 2009

Year-end Interview with Marek Belka, Director of the IMF's Eruopean Department: Multi-Speed Recovery Seen for Europe  

European countries will recover from the global economic crisis at varying speeds during 2010, with the jobs market only picking up gradually, says Marek Belka, Director of the IMF’s European Department.

October 28, 2009

The 2009 IMF Article IV mission presents its concluding statement  

FYR Macedonia – 2009 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement; Skopje, Macedonia; October 27, 2009

June 15, 2009

Improving Economic Governance in FYR Macedonia: Achievements and Challenges  

Remarks prepared for the Transparency International Europe and Central Asia Annual Regional Meeting 2009; June 15, 2009