Video: EBRD Chief Economist, Erik Berglof, outlines the economic picture in emerging Europe and sees the risks for these countries receding as the Eurozone outlook stabilises. But challenges remain and it is too early to sound the all-clear.
Tag: Eurozone
January 21 / 2013
Emerging Europe’s Deleveraging Dilemma
EBRD Chief Economist Erik Berglof and former Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Božidar Đelić provided this commentary for Project Syndicate.
Serbia’s Tigar Corporation, a privatized automobile tire and tube maker, was a poster child for corporate makeovers in transition economies. Then eurozone deleveraging kicked in, and now the child in the poster is in serious trouble.… Read more
December 19 / 2012
Transition Report 2012: Integration Across Borders
Access to Eurozone banking union must be opened up, says EBRD Chief Economist, Erik Berglof. The EBRD Transition Report 2012: ‘Integration Across Borders’ also looks at the Eurasian Economic Union and the progress of structural reforms in the EBRD region.
A full transcript of the video is available below.… Read more
November 07 / 2012