Serbia recorded a slight GDP growth of 0.1% in June, which, according to the flash estimate of the Ministry of Finance, ended the second quarter with a drop in GDP of 6.5%, which are much better results than expected, Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said this Sunday, August 2.

At the press conference dedicated to macroeconomic indicators in Serbia, Brnabic said that it is a great thing for the economy and citizens, since this result was achieved in extremely difficult circumstances when the whole world suffers and when many economies, including the strongest ones, have a decline of double-digit percentage, the Government of Serbia says on its website.

– Despite the crisis, Serbia has a stable number of employees in the second quarter of this year, and compared to the same period last year, there is an increase of 1.6% – the prime minister said, adding that she encourages how the labor market behaves, since this is the greatest crisis the world remembers.

According to her, the economy of Serbia in the first quarter was the fastest growing in Europe with a growth of 5%, followed by Ireland, Turkey, Romania, Montenegro, Lithuania.

In the second quarter of this year, as she pointed out, Serbia is the second fastest growing economy in Europe, Lithuania was better than Serbia in that period, it had a smaller decline of 3.1%, followed by Latvia with 9.6%.

– We have not had any cancellations of foreign direct investments and it is encouraging that in September and October we will have the laying of the foundation stone for new plants. All indicators show that, if we continue like this, we will have a good result – said the prime minister.

She also said that in the second quarter of 2020, 72% of surveyed companies increased or kept their investments at the same level, almost 56% plan to invest in the third quarter, and as many as 65% plan to increase the volume of investments in the third quarter compared to the second quarter.

According to her, in that sense, the state has additional support programs that are being worked on, including the program "My first salary", additional retraining, construction of regional training centers instead of training centers, as well as expanding the scope of seasonal employment reforms, which, as she says, has given excellent results in agriculture.

– This will accelerate the progress, but it also depends on the recovery of the EUs economy, primarily Germany and Italy – Brnabic said.

Aktuelna finansijska politika američkih vlasti potkopava poverenje u dolar i prisiljava investitore da kupuju zlato što je aktivnije moguće. Takav komentar objavila je jedna od glavnih svetskih investicijskih banaka Goldman Saks, piše Blumberg.

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Banka je objavila da će cena zlata ove godine porasti na 2.300 dolara po unci, što je znatno više od ranije najavljenog rekorda - dve hiljade dolara. Trenutno je glavno sredstvo za očuvanje imovine već naraslo na 1.950 dolara. Pad realnih kamatnih stopa u SAD-u mogao bi gurnuti cenu zlata na rekordne nivoe, kažu bankari.
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U jun, bivši predsednik investicijske banke Morgan Stanli i profesor sa Univerziteta Jejl Stephen Roach predvideo je da će dolar izgubiti trećinu svoje vrednosti u 2021.-2022. Svoju prognozu objasnio je nakupljenim problemima američke ekonomije.

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Realni pad bruto domaćeg proizvoda (BDP) Srbije u drugom kvartalu 2020. godine iznosio je 6,5 odsto u stalnim cenama u odnosu na isti period godinu ranije, objavio je danas Republički zavod za statistiku (RZS).
BEOGRAD - Realni pad bruto domaćeg proizvoda (BDP) Srbije u drugom kvartalu 2020. godine iznosio je 6,5 odsto u stalnim cenama u odnosu na isti period godinu ranije, objavio je danas Republički zavod za statistiku (RZS).

Ovo je fleš procena državne statistike, a obračun kvartalnog BDP za drugo tromesečje 2020, koji je detaljniji i koji se izvodi na nižim nivoima agregiranja, biće objavljen 31.avgusta, navodi se u informaciji RZS.

Poljski antimonopolski regulator UOKiK saopštio je danas da je izrekao novčanu kaznu Gaspromu od 213 miliona zlota (57 miliona dolara) zbog, kako navodi, nesaradnje te kompanije u vezi realizacije njenog projekta gasovod Severni tok 2, javlja Rojters.
VARŠAVA - Poljski antimonopolski regulator UOKiK saopštio je danas da je izrekao novčanu kaznu Gaspromu od 213 miliona zlota (57 miliona dolara) zbog, kako navodi, nesaradnje te kompanije u vezi realizacije njenog projekta gasovod Severni tok 2, javlja Rojters.

Poljska gleda na Severni tok 2, koji bi udvostručio izvozne kapacitete ruskog gasa u Evropu preko Baltičkog mora, kao na pretnju evropskoj energetskoj bezbednosti, tvrdeći da će to ojačati tržišnu dominaciju Gasproma.

Serbia will remain attractive for capital from Slovenia, whereas Slovenia can expect even bigger investments from Serbia, according to the Ljubljana-based daily Delo and its analysis of the economic cooperation between the two countries up till now and in the future, done through a conversation with the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia (CCIS), Marko Cadez.

Titled “Balkan Country Full of Construction Sites”, the article published by Delo gives a brief overview of Serbia today and reminds of the big investments that are being realized in the midst of the coronavirus crisis as part of the Serbia 2025 program, worth EUR 14 billion. The article also emphasizes the openness of Serbias economy and the countrys progress when its comes to digitization.

It is emphasized that the two chambers are looking for ways of having companies from Slovenia and Serbia act jointly in third markets and make use of digital tools in the current conditions, so as to maintain the contacts.

– In the time of coronavirus, we have all been pushed five years into the future. Practically overnight, we did what we used to think would not be possible for a long time. Remote medical diagnostics, previously obstructed by a range of challenges, some of them legal, has suddenly become our reality – Cadez told Delo and said that, during the health crisis, 30% of the companies in Serbia had digitized their sale of goods and services.

Estimating that, due to the health crisis, the mutual goal of having the goods and services trade between Serbia and Slovenia increase from EUR 1.7 billion in 2019 to EUR 2 billion in 2020 would not be achieved, Delo points to the possibility of economic cooperation and increase of mutual investments and writes that “Serbia is open to investments and expects others to be so as well”.

The article reminds that around 1,200 companies with majority Slovenian capital are registered in Serbia and that the total investments from this country, with the investment of NLB in the purchase of Komercijalna Banka, will reach EUR 1.6 billion.

It is added that Slovenian investors employ around 25,000 people, that they are on the list of the biggest exporters and that they successfully promote Serbia as a favorable, friendly environment.

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Pad BELEX indeksa i izuzetno mali promet obeležili su početak trgovačke nedelje na domaćem tržištu akcija.
BEOGRAD - Pad BELEX indeksa i izuzetno mali promet obeležili su početak trgovačke nedelje na domaćem tržištu akcija.

Ukupan promet na trgovanju iznosio je sa mo 1,6 miliona dinara (14,1 hiljada evra).