The IMF Outlook for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe - Mind the credit gaps
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May 13, 2015
00:00 - 00:00
In May 2015, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) published the Regional Economic Issues (REI) report on Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE), which assessed the macroeconomic outlook for the region in light of the latest global economic and financial developments. At this Policy Dialogue, experts from the IMF, the European Commission and the European Policy Centre discussed the 'Mind the Credit Gap' report and commented on its key findings, including the fact that some of the countries in the region are still afflicted with debt overhang and are not likely to grow out of it without deep institutional reforms, in addition to supportive macroeconomic policies.
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