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		<title>Koliko (dugo) će Hrvatska biti potpaljena?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ako ste pogledali kroz do sada objavljena poglavlja novog MMFovog WEO mogli ste primjetiti da se u 4. poglavlju &#8211; How Linkages Fuel the Fire: The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies &#8211; prikazuje položaj Hrvatske. Hrvatska je u &#8216;nezavidnom&#8217; položaj u odnosu na većinu drugih tržišta u razvoju. Graf ispod prikazuje [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cronomy.org&#038;blog=994071&#038;post=1280&#038;subd=cronomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Ako ste pogledali kroz do sada objavljena poglavlja novog MMFovog WEO mogli ste primjetiti da se u 4. poglavlju &#8211; </span><em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">How Linkages Fuel the Fire: The Transmission of Financial Stress from Advanced to Emerging Economies</span></em><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> &#8211; prikazuje položaj Hrvatske. Hrvatska je u &#8216;nezavidnom&#8217; položaj u odnosu na većinu drugih tržišta u razvoju. <span id="more-1280"></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><a href="http://cronomy.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/imf_weo-inflows.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1282" title="imf_weo-inflows" src="http://cronomy.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/imf_weo-inflows.png?w=500" alt="imf_weo-inflows"   /></a></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Graf ispod prikazuje položaj prema dvije dimenzije: udio obaveza prema stranim bankama i zbroj tekućeg računa i fiskalne ravnoteže (oba su u deficitu u hrvatskoj). (Podaci za razdoblje između 2002-06) Ništa što već ne znamo, ali graf daje lijepu perspektivu. Kao što i <a href="http://www.hnb.hr/publikac/bilten/arhiv/bilten-146/hbilt146.pdf">novi Bilten HNBa</a> kaže (Okvir 3.) u Hrvatskom vanjskom dugu prevladavaju obveze prema stranim bankama, tj. dominira kreditiranje domaćeg sektora (bankarskog i nebankarskog) od strane inozemnih banaka, što je posebno naglašeno nakon 2002. godine. Ne treba posebno naglastiti da su te strane banke pretežno iz zapadno europskih zemalja. Upravo ta snažna financijska veza sa razvijenim zemljama i posebno bankarska veza, kako kaže WEO, je glavna </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">prijenosnica financijskog stresa i krize na tržišta u nastajanju. <em>&#8220;Ekonomije u razvoju (nastajanju) sa višim udjelom stranih obveza prema razvijenim zemljama više su pogođene financijskim stresom u razvijenim zemljama nego zemlje u razvoju koje su manje povezane.&#8221;</em><br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Iako je trenutna financijska kriza još u tijeku, vidljivo je da je dotok stranog kapitala u zemlje u razvoju već usporio, te, pošto je</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> financijska kriza sa korijenom u bankarskoj krizi razvijenih zemalja i zbog snažne veze između financijskog stresa u razvijenim i zemljama u razvoju, MMF zaključuje da će taj dotok stranog kapitala još snažnije usporiti i što je važnije sporije se oporaviti sljedećih godina. To predviđanje je potkrijepljeno iskustvima Južne Azije nakon Japanske krize.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><em>&#8220;Sistemske bankarske krize u razvijenim ekonomija i njihovo dugoročno razriješavanje po svoj prilici će nagovijestiti poduži pad bankovnih dotoka u zemlje u razvoju &#8211; posebice u dijelu Europe u nastajanju.&#8221;</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> Rast izravnih plasmana </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">izvana </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> Hrvatskim privatnim poduzećima i rast plasmana domaćih banaka poduzećima je usporio u zadnjem tromjesečju 2008. Domaćim poduzećima je tako plasirano dvostruko manje nego u posljednjem krvartalu 2007. HNB napominje da je iako prema tome izgleda da su strane banke bile nesklone financiranju domaćih poduzeća, a domaće banke su uglavnom financirale javni sektor, potrebno je razumijeti da je i potražnja domaćih poduzeća bila umanjena zbog kontinuirane ekonomske aktivnosti. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Međutim, to može predstavlja potencijalno i malo veći problem. Naizgled, sve bi trebalo biti uredu kada se ekonomska aktivnost (domaća i vanjska potražnja) vratiti u normalu. Poduzeća će skočiti na pojačanu potražnju sa novim investicijama, što znaći da će potraživati kredite od domaćih i ino banaka. Problem sa kojim bi se domaće tvrtke, bilo u potpunosti orijentirane na izvoz ili sa paletom proizvoda koje se lako &#8216;pretvore&#8217; u izvozni proizvod, mogle suočiti je da i sa povratkom vanjske potražnje ne budu dovoljno konkurentne i profitabilne zbog devalvacija valuta zemalja trgovačkih partnera Hrvatske (uz već poznate faktore slabe konkurentnosti). Znamo da su neke istočno europske zemlje pretrpjele znatne pritiske i deprecijacije svojih valuta. To bi prouzročilo pad profitabilnost u domaćem sektoru razmijenjivih dobara, što bi usporilo investicije i ostavilo zemlju u recesiji ili je možda produbilo ili znatno usporilo oporavak (više izgubljenog outputa, viša nezaposlenost) u odnosu na konkurentnije zemlje u okružju. (Možda se tu krije neka misao ili strijepnja <a href="http://www.liderpress.hr/Default.aspx?sid=72874">Zdunićeve &#8220;ugriza</a> u kiselu jabuku deprecijacije&#8221;?)<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Prekasno je spriječiti prijenos krize te smanjivanje deficita tekućeg računa i proračuna neće odvratiti prijenos. Pričuve mogu amortizirati pad dotoka kapitala. No, smanjivanje dvostrukih deficita je bitno za pozicioniranje <em>nakon</em> što financijska kriza prođe i dotok kapitala se oporavi. Iako je upitno da li će se i kada (sigurno ne brzo) dotok stranog kapitala </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">vratiti </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> na levele prijašnjih godina, smanjivanje dvostrukog deficita će pomoći uspostavljanju stabilnosti i privlačenju dotoka stranog kapitala. To znači da &#8216;borba&#8217; za privlačenje stranog kapitala tek slijedi ako je za prosuditi po prognozama i razmišljanjima MMF. Hrvatska ima neke adute koji bi mogli odigrati pozitivnu ulogu, primarno u privatnom bankarskom sektoru, ali ima i otežavajuće faktore.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Za imati na umu je da osim problema financiranja i kratkoročno prevladavanja financijske krize, postoje i dugoročna pitanja za koja se treba pripremiti i na koja će se morati odgovoriti politikom i reformama jednom kada kriza prođe.<br />
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		<title>MMF i Hrvatska (Update)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MMF je objavio preliminarne zaključke nakon završenih konzultacija. Neki domaći i strani mediji već su prenijeli službeno mišljenje MMFa. Dobro bi bilo vidjeti i koji istraživački rad koji je pratio prošla izješća. Kratkoročno, prioriteti su očuvanje tečajne stabilnosti, financijske stabilnosti i kontrola likvodnosti. Dugoročno, potrebno je popraviti strukturalne slabosti -  restrukturiranje gubitaških državnih kompanija, javne [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cronomy.org&#038;blog=994071&#038;post=1238&#038;subd=cronomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> <a href="http://www.imf.org/external/np/ms/2009/040609.htm">MMF je objavio preliminarne zaključke</a> nakon završenih konzultacija. </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Neki <a href="http://www.seebiz.eu/hr/makroekonomija/hrvatska/misija-mmf-a-pad-bdp-a-ce-biti-veci-od-2%25%2c-potrebne-energicnije-politike,42522.html">domaći </a>i <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090409-716195.html">strani </a>mediji već su prenijeli službeno mišljenje MMFa. Dobro bi bilo vidjeti i koji istraživački rad koji je pratio prošla izješća.</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"> Kratkoročno, prioriteti su očuvanje tečajne stabilnosti, financijske stabilnosti i kontrola likvodnosti. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Dugoročno, potrebno je popraviti strukturalne slabosti -  restrukturiranje gubitaških državnih kompanija, javne uprave i racionalizacija državne potrošnje (obrazovanja, socijalne, zdravstva) &#8211; i raditi na povećanju konkurentnosti. I to ne &#8220;samo&#8221; zato kako bi realizirali potencijal ispod kojeg već godinama operiramo, već i kako bi spriječili trajne posljedice pod potencijalni output.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Uglavnom, dobar sažetak svega na čemu se već godinama inzistira i na reformama na kojima se moglo već poraditi više, ali sada uz dodatka imperativa zbog financijske krize koja ostavlja dalekosežne efekte. Par paragrafa ispod.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">UPDATE &#8211; Zaključna izjava MMFa je <a href="http://www.hnb.hr/mmf/clanak-iv/2009/h-mmf-clanak-travanj-2009.pdf">dostupna i na hrvatskom</a> na stranicama HNBa.<span id="more-1238"></span><br />
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<p><em>2. The mission expects a considerable decline in economic activity in 2009. While GDP growth estimates at this point are subject to an unusual degree of uncertainty, the GDP growth projection of -2 percent in the revised budget, although possible, would require a recovery starting in the second half of the year. In the mission’s view, downside risks dominate and economic activity could contract more sharply. Domestic demand would be the key driver, with weakening private consumption and a large drop in investment. Import contraction is expected to outpace the fall in exports, and the current account deficit would narrow to about 6.5 percent of GDP. Growth is expected to remain sluggish in 2010, with the strength and pace of recovery depending, inter alia, on regional economic and financial conditions. &#8230;</em></p>
<p><em>4. Challenging times require strong policies. In the near-term, maintaining stability will require implementation of prudent fiscal, monetary, and financial policies, and preparedness to respond quickly if tail risks materialize. <strong>To bolster confidence, it is essential that short-term measures be complemented by reforms to address long-standing competitiveness issues and increase the economy’s growth potential.</strong></em></p>
<p><strong><em>I. Preserving exchange rate stability</em></strong></p>
<p><em>6. The mission acknowledges the difficult trade-offs involved in deciding on the exchange rate policy for the period ahead. Rising unit labor costs and structural weaknesses of the Croatian economy in combination with exchange rate depreciations in some neighboring countries risk to erode competitiveness. With significant private sector balance sheet vulnerabilities, a sharp depreciation would have devastating effects on unhedged corporates and households, and indirectly on financial institutions. The continuation of the current exchange rate regime underlines thus the importance of rising flexibility elsewhere, in particular, swift progress with structural reforms and adequate external financing&#8230;.</em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>II. Securing adequate external financing</em></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>• General government</em>.</strong> A reorientation of financing to foreign sources would help deflect financing pressures on the economy. In this context, a successful eurobond placement in May would demonstrate market confidence in the authorities’ policies and serve as an important benchmark for corporate foreign borrowing. It would also allow more space for domestic bank lending to the private sector&#8230;..</em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>III. Crisis proofing the financial system</em></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>• Enhance banks’ capital buffers</em></strong>. Although bank solvency ratios remain satisfactory, (with the aggregate capital adequacy ratio of the banking sector at 14.5 percent well above the regulatory minimum), the economic downturn will impair bank credit quality and increase vulnerabilities. The most recent stress test results reaffirm banks’ vulnerability primarily to exchange rate depreciation and also to output contraction.. The mission thus encourages the authorities to undertake a diagnostic review of the financial conditions of all individual Croatian banks&#8230;.</em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>• Upgrade the framework for resolution of troubled assets</em></strong>. The authorities should proceed with the adoption of the new foreclosure law to speed up the resolution of corporate and household bankruptcies&#8230;.</em></p>
<p><em><strong><em>IV. Buttress confidence with sustainable fiscal consolidation</em></strong></em></p>
<p><em>11. The revised budget deficit target of 1.6 percent of GDP for the general government is appropriate under current circumstances. Croatia’s vulnerable external position, tight domestic financing conditions, and the need to preserve space for crisis-related contingencies leave <span style="text-decoration:underline;">little room for more stimulus to cushion the economic slowdown</span>. &#8230;<br />
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<p>12. Budget execution is now key to achieve this target. The mission welcomes the recent health sector reforms to improve cost recovery and the adoption of tax identification numbers that would allow stronger tax compliance and better targeting of social benefits. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Wage growth restraint was inevitable, given little options to reduce other spending in 2009, absent structural reforms.</span> &#8230;</p>
<p>13. Additional measures would be needed were revenue to fall short of budget projections. The recent sharp declines in revenues, particularly VAT, show their sensitivity to the economic cycle, and the budget is optimistic in the VAT collection projections. To prevent a higher deficit, the authorities should consider contingency measures and be prepared to act quickly with a supplementary budget.</p>
<p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Da ne ostane sve na kratkoročnim prioritetima i da ne pomislimo da će nas Vlada bavljenjem samo njima izvući. Ekonomska priča ne završava kad završi i financijska kriza i globalna recesija.<br />
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<p><em><strong><em>V. Structural Reforms to Boost Croatia’s Growth Potential</em></strong></em></p>
<p><em>16. The economy needs to emerge from the current juncture more resilient and dynamic. Output and export growth has been lackluster in recent years, and Croatia performs below its potential and its peers. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">With the economy performing below potential in the near term, output gaps will widen and levels of unemployment will increase. Experience with past financial crises suggests that the risk of a permanent loss in potential output is considerable.</span> To achieve growth rates of 4-5 percent over the medium-term in an environment of reduced capital inflows competitiveness of the economy needs to improve. <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Reforms are needed to raise labor productivity, reduce impediments to investment, and reorient the economy towards the tradable secto</span>r.</em></p>
<p><em>17. Now, therefore, it is the time to tackle long-standing structural issues. The mission welcomes the authorities’ intention to persevere with the reorganization and privatization of the shipyards within 2009. There is also room in 2009 for starting with a civil service reform; and rationalization of the structure of government operations. The objective needs to be a smaller, better paid, more dynamic and efficient civil service at all levels of government. These initiatives would not only be important to make progress in rolling back the weight of the public sector in Croatia’s economy, but also to buttress confidence in Croatia’s ability to withstand the crisis out of its own means. In addition, renewed impetus will be needed to: (i) promote labor market reforms; (ii) accelerate effective reform of health, education, social benefits and assistance; and, more generally, (iii) improve the business environment.</em></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Evo 4 linka, koja su malo zanimljivija, po mom mišljenju od ostale dnevne novinske rutine. Pretpostavljam da su neki od ovih linkova i promakli čitateljima koji su uglavnom zainteresirani za novu koalicijsku Vladu i Sankyi. A dobro.</span><span id="more-299"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">&#8212; Prva dva samo ukratko. U jučerašnjem Poslovnom obajvljena je, nakon duže vremena, riječ &#8220;globalizacija.&#8221; <a href="http://www.poslovni.hr/66421.aspx">Poslovni je naime objavio</a> djelomične rezultate Švicarskog Centra za istraživanje konjukture. Da ne dužim: </span><span class="xclaimempty" style="margin:0 !important;"><span class="xclaimempty" style="margin:0 !important;"></span></span></p>
<p><i><span class="xclaimempty" style="margin:0 !important;"><span class="xclaimempty" style="margin:0 !important;">Istraživanje je obuhvatilo 122 država, među kojima je Hrvatska zauzela 31. mjesto s indeksom 70,17. Od bivših tranzicijskih zemalja ispred Hrvatske su Češka na 8. mjestu, Mađarska na 13. Poljska<span class="XClaimStyle" style="border-bottom:1px solid #018d25;height:auto;text-decoration:underline !important;cursor:pointer;color:#018d25 !important;margin:0 !important;padding:0 0 1px !important;"></span><span class="xclaimempty" style="margin:0 !important;"> na 19., Slovačka na 23., Estonija na 28 mjestu te Slovenija na 30. mjestu. Hrvatska je na 31. mjestu i po indeksu gospodarske globalizacije, ali je na 40. mjestu po indeksu društvene globalizacije, odnosno na 51. mjestu u političkoj globalizaciji.</span></span></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">&#8212; Drugi link je danas objavljen <i>Global Economic Outlook</i> Svjetske Banke. Prvu Hrvatsku objavu sam vidio na <a href="http://www.bankamagazine.hr/dnevnevijesti/svjetska-banka-hrvatskoj-predvi111a-rast-bdp-a-za-4-9-u-2008">BankaMagazin</a> stranicama. Po predviđanjima Svjetske Banke, rast Hrvatske ekonomije će 2007. biti 5.8%, za 2008. će usporiti, zajedno sa svjetskom ekonomijom pošto nam je ekonomija najglobaliziraniji dio, na 4.9% a u 2009. još će usporiti na 4.5% iako bi se svjetska ekonomija trebala oporaviti prijašnju stopu od 3.6%. Procjenjuje se i smanjenje deficita Hrvatskog</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"> tekućeg računa platne bilance kao postotka BDPa</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"> za ovu i sljedeću godinu.  Dokument (pdf) Svjetske Banke sa ovim predivđanjima<a href="http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTGEP2008/Resources/GEP_APP_165-202.pdf"> možete preuzeti ovdje</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">&#8212; <a href="http://www.vecernji.hr/home/manager/2987187/index.do;jsessionid=9748B14451670464377DC30066BD7F69.2">U Večernjaku pročitajte</a> razgovor sa Dragom Jakovčevićem, ekonomistom za ZG Fakulteta ekonomije, koji kaže da bi moglo doći do dublje financijske krize i recesije u svijetu pa ni Hrvatska ne bi bila pošteđena. Hrvatsko financijsko tržišto je bankocentrično a banke su mahom u stranom Europskom vlasništvu. Kaže&#8230;</span></p>
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</span><i>Nadalje, vodeće banke u Hrvatskoj su u inozemnom vlasništvu, pa ako njihovim matičnim bankama eventualno zbog gubitaka na svjetskom tržištu bude smanjen bonitet ili više ne budu davale toliko sredstava bankama kćerima, to će se osjetiti i u Hrvatskoj, kaže Jakovčević.</i><i> Ističe, međutim, da domaćem financijskom tržištu ne prijeti kriza likvidnosti. &#8220;Međunarodne pričuve HNB-a su dosegnule više od 8 milijardi dolara, što predstavlja štit od destabilizacije tečaja. Nadalje, obvezna pričuva koju izdvajaju poslovne banke višestruko je veća od prosječnih europskih pričuva. Kada bi se smanjila, bankovni sustav bio bi bogat likvidnošću, tako da za sada u nas ne postoji strah od krize likvidnosti kao u svijetu&#8221;, kaže Jakovčević. No, kriza bi mogla zahvatiti tržište kapitala.</i><br />
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<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Hrvatske banke su u vlasništvu Europskih banaka, koje se čini lošije prolaze od Američkih u ovoj financijskoj turbulenciji. Istina je da HNB ima zaključana velika sredstva koja može pustiti u opticaj ukoliko dođe do nekog nedostatka likvidnosti ili strah od nelikvidnosti. No, nije sasvim jasno da li je nedostatak likvidnosti zapravo problem u Europi, tj, među Europskim bankama. Da je nedostatak likvidnost glavni problem on bi već davno bio riješen. 18. Prosinca, pred Božićne blagdane, Europska Centralna Banka je poplavila tržište sa ogromnih $500 milijardi u dvotjednim zajmovima, malo paničarski kako bi smirila tržišta od straha bilo koje mogućnosti nedostatka gotovine (</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">za Blagdane je uvijek povećana sezonska potražnja za gotovinom)</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"> i tako mogućeg povećanja stresa na novčanim tržištima. No takav potez nije nikakvo riješenje problema jer stvarni problem nije toliko nelikvidnost koliko strah i nepouzdanje među samim bankama o daljnjem pozajmljivanju jedna drugoj zbog straha o njihovoj solventnosti. Koliko su veliki gubitci Europskih banaka zbog Američkog hipotekarnog tržišta je otvoreno pitanje i procjene su svakojake. Tek na proljeće, kad banke poćnu objavljivati revizije za 2007. će stanje bankovnih bilanci i potrebe njihovih restrukturiranja biti jasnije. Nadalje, direktno pumpanje ovakve likvidnosti je kratkoročni potez i <a href="http://www.jutarnji.hr/novac/trziste_kapitala/clanak/art-2007,12,28,ecb_likvidnost,103213.jl">ECB će morati povući nazad dio tog novca</a>; povećana inflacija je jedna od mogućih posljedica jer ovakva inekcija dodaje oko 2% u ukupnu ponudu novca u euro zoni. Očito je da ECB ne može ovo raditi svaki tjedan i na kraju dana pitanje je što je točno problem u današnjim tržištima novca, bankarskoj krizi, credit crunchu i kako ga riješiti. Pomalo katastrofičarski, moguće pumpanje likvidnosti HNB u hrvatska tržišta isto ne mora biti riješenje. Pozitivno je jedino da hrvatske banke nemaju, koliko je poznato, direktnog vlasništva u američkim hipotekarnim zajmovima, ali vlasničke banke imaju. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">&#8212; Za kraj jedan informativan graf iz <a href="http://www.jutarnji.hr/novac/vijesti/clanak/art-2008,1,8,,104205.jl">jučerašnjeg Jutarnjeg</a>. Graf je zanimljiv jer daje dugoročni pregled FDIa sežući unazad do 1993. Podatak za 2007. je za prva tri kvartala u kojem je postignut isti rezultat za čitavu 2006. Iako je struktura FDI još uvijek nezadovoljavajuća (2/3 svih ulaganja su u financijskom sektoru zbog dokapitalizacija banaka i vlasničkog ulaganja dolaska Bayerische Landesbank), 2007. će sigurno biti rekordna po stranim investicijama. Ulaganja u proizvodne kapacitete za prva 3 kvartala iznose oko 600 milijuna eura.<br />
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		<title>Debata o Slobodi &#8211; 2007 Index Ekonomske Slobode</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Javljaju mi iz AdriaticInstituta da je epizoda Kontraplana iz Siječnja 2007. nakon što su rezultati Ekonomskih Sloboda WSJ i Heritage Foundation za 2007. izašli, dostupna na Youtube. Ako se ne sjećate te epizode, sudjelovali su Nataša Srdoč, Nadan Vidošević, Krešimir Sever (&#8220;šef&#8221; sindikata) i Ivan Šuker. Kao gosti pojavili su se Ljubo Jurčić, Vesna Š. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cronomy.org&#038;blog=994071&#038;post=289&#038;subd=cronomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://cronomy.org/2008/01/04/debata-o-slobodi/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/LHyII48O7Kw/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Javljaju mi iz AdriaticInstituta da je epizoda Kontraplana iz Siječnja 2007. nakon što su rezultati Ekonomskih Sloboda WSJ i Heritage Foundation za 2007. izašli, dostupna na Youtube. Ako se ne sjećate te epizode, sudjelovali su Nataša Srdoč, Nadan Vidošević, Krešimir Sever (&#8220;šef&#8221; sindikata) i Ivan Šuker. Kao gosti pojavili su se Ljubo Jurčić, Vesna Š. Ožbolt i predstavnik Rockwoola kao stranog investitora.  Ja sam ovdje izdvojio samo jedan dio, a vi svakako posjetite <a href="http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=Hrvatskaufokusu">link i pogledajte sve djelove</a>. U jednom, Šuker patetično napada Srdoč jer je krivo ukazala na neki od prihoda državnog proračuna (oko 4% u proračunu od strane državnih poduzeća i zemljišta). Iako citiranje tog broja možda i jest pogrešno, to je najmanje bitna tema ili cifra za debatiranje. Cilj Šukera je bio usmjeriti raspravu dalje od Vladinog neuspijeha (a ne možeš uspijeti kad ni ne probaš) smanjenja onog uistinu problematičnog broja &#8211; 51% BDPa u državnim rukama. Napad je najbolja obrana. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Novi Index za 2008. će bit objavljen za koji tjedan pa ćemo držati oko na tome. Šteta što nema više Kontraplana za novu debatu, iako bi opet imali istog Ministra Financija i ostale oste u studiju. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">U</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"> Adriatic-ovom emailu još napominju:</span> <font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#000080" size="2">Due to significant viewer interest with phone calls made to HRT        (during the program), Kontraplan&#8217;s debate event was extended to        one hour and fifteen minutes.  According to HRT, the debate        event on the Index brought in the highest viewership/ratings for        Kontraplan &#8211; the Croatian economic/political TV program.</font></font></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osim što ne smatram Hrvatsku balkanskom zemljom i takvo brandiranje mi se ne sviđa, ovo je odličan članak u novom BusinessWeek magazinu o investiranju u JI Europi. Manje se govori o Hrvatskoj, no u usporedbi sa ostatkom regije mi smo najbolja destinacija za investiranje. Eh, ali lako je biti najprivlačniji u konkurenciji sa nestabilnom Srbijom [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cronomy.org&#038;blog=994071&#038;post=280&#038;subd=cronomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Osim što ne smatram Hrvatsku balkanskom zemljom i takvo brandiranje mi se ne sviđa, ovo <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb20071218_669511.htm">je odličan članak u novom</a> BusinessWeek magazinu o investiranju u JI Europi. Manje se govori o Hrvatskoj, no u usporedbi sa ostatkom regije mi smo najbolja destinacija za investiranje. Eh, ali lako je biti najprivlačniji u konkurenciji sa nestabilnom Srbijom (čitaj Kosovo) i Bosnom, uz siromašnu Albaniju. Hrvatska je još prije 7 godina imala čistu peticu za političku stabilnost, kao što svjedoči <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_29/b3690161.htm">ovaj članak iz BusinessWeek 2000.</a> godine. Onda smo dobili 3 za ekonomske reforme. Koju ocijenu dobivamo danas &#8230; više od 7 godina poslje? Da li su mnogi problemi ostali? Kad će Jadransko čudo? </span><span id="more-280"></span></p>
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<div> <span class="strap">Eastern Europe</span> <span class="date">December 18, 2007, 12:57PM EST</span><span> </span></div>
<div><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/globalbiz/content/dec2007/gb20071218_669511.htm"><b>Investing in Balkans has its Perils</b></a></div>
<p>Low-cost terms in mining and energy are enticing investors to the region, but dodgy politics and infrastructure may mean risk</p>
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<p class="byline">by <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/print/bios/S._Adam_Cardais.htm">S. Adam Cardais</a></p>
<p> Here&#8217;s an idea of just how desperate the Western Balkans are for investment: If you have a solid business plan and the moxie to match, a mine in Albania can be yours for one euro per year.</p>
<p>Introduced in 2006 to offer foreign businesses excellent terms on investments in strategic sectors like mining and energy, the &#8220;Albania One Euro&#8221; program is an example of how the Western Balkans are trying to woo investment. Serbia&#8217;s Free Zone Law, which eliminates the value-added tax on income from business activity in four areas of the country, is another.</p>
<p>The nascent courtship is attracting foreign money, which largely ignored the economically undeveloped, politically unstable region for years in favor of safer markets in Central European countries. Foreign direct investment more than doubled in Serbia last year to around $4.5 billion, reached some $3.6 billion in European Union hopeful Croatia, and exceeded 10 percent of the GDP in the Balkans as a whole.</p>
<p>The Austrians are leading the charge with acquisitions in the banking and telecom sectors, drawing oblique comparisons to their ultimately lucrative, initially risky investments in Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the 1990s. The risk is arguably higher in the Western Balkans, but the reward could prove handsome, as these economies are some of the least developed in Eastern Europe.</p>
<p>&#8220;There are entire markets to be conquered, if you&#8217;re willing to take the risk,&#8221; said Claudio Viezzoli, director for the Western Balkans at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. <b>For instance, returns can exceed 20 percent in the banking sector.</b></p>
<p><b> But investors would be wise to pause to consider the risk</b>, Viezzoli added.</p>
<p>Though countries such as Albania, Serbia, and Croatia are pursuing investment vigorously &#8212; and having some success &#8212; political instability and immature business environments are impediments to maintaining momentum. Namely, Kosovo&#8217;s push for independence from Serbia is fuelling regional tensions that aren&#8217;t investor friendly.</p>
<p>Investors can tolerate risk, but only in the shadow of perceived stability. This is one reason businesses in Russia aren&#8217;t concerned about President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s evident intention to retain the reigns over the government after he steps down next year. Putin&#8217;s regime may rule with a heavy, sometimes capricious hand, but it&#8217;s largely viewed as leading Russia from economic chaos in the late 1990s to a period of sustained stability and economic growth. As a result, investors are reaching into their pockets, with the country posting a record $60.3 billion in foreign direct investment in the first half of 2007.</p>
<p>LOW MARKS FOR STABILITY</p>
<p>Yet the current situation in Serbia only supports long-held concerns that the Western Balkans are unstable, and therefore dubious investment sites. The World Economic Forum noted this weakness in its recently released Global Competitiveness Report 2007-2008. It listed <b>political instability as the second most problematic factor for doing business in both Serbia and Bosnia.</b> Bosnia was cited for being prone to government shake-ups as well.</p>
<p>The report noted other investor turnoffs, most notably corruption, inefficient government bureaucracy, and poor infrastructure. The latter is a significant problem in Albania, where roads are in disrepair and electricity supplies are unreliable.</p>
<p>With the exception of Croatia, all the countries of the Western Balkans ranked near the bottom of the 131 economies studied in the WEF&#8217;s report. (<b>Croatia was 57th, and is without a doubt the most economically developed country in the region</b>.)</p>
<p>One thing the Western Balkans have going for them is cost. According to the European Investor Outreach Program, an arm of the World Bank Group, operating costs in the automotive sector in the Western Balkans are as low as 40 percent of the levels in the Czech Republic and Hungary.</p>
<p>The World Bank&#8217;s European investment program is pitching the Western Balkans as Europe&#8217;s next hot spot for manufacturing investment and using the countrys&#8217; relative cheapness as a key selling point. <b>But cost isn&#8217;t sacrosanct to investors. Quality infrastructure, political and governmental stability, and skilled labor forces are often more important, and the Western Balkans come up short in at least the first two criteria.</b></p>
<p>As a result, Viezzoli said, the countries&#8217; strong investment numbers last year are more likely a one-off occurrence than an emerging trend. <b>It&#8217;s important to note that 2006 was a particularly strong year for foreign direct investment throughout the world, according to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development&#8217;s World Investment Report 2007.</b></p>
<p>The EBRD is nevertheless optimistic about the future of the Western Balkans. The bank will increase its investment there around 60 percent over the next few years. It also believes the process of EU accession will begin lifting the countries&#8217; economies toward Western European levels and act as an impetus to reform.</p>
<p>NOW WE&#8217;RE LEGITIMATE</p>
<p>Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro, and Serbia recently signed the Stabilization and Association Agreement with Brussels, the initial step toward accession, and Croatia and Macedonia are EU candidates. Though Croatia is the only country with a prayer of joining the union any time soon, the EU will start to pump money next year into improving infrastructure throughout Southeastern Europe, and this could catch the eye of investors looking for lucrative tenders.</p>
<p>But the real benefit that starting on the road to EU accession will bring the Western Balkans is legitimacy. It will show foreign businesses that these countries are serious about supporting stable governments and economies with lucrative and safe investment opportunities.</p>
<p>Considering the current concerns over Kosovo, legitimacy is something the Western Balkans could use right now. To investors at least, it&#8217;s a lot more attractive than Albania&#8217;s one-euro rent.</p>
<p class="tagline"><i>S. Adam Cardais has been writing about business and economics in the European Union since 2004. A former editor at The Prague Post, Cardais is now a business reporter based in Berlin.</i></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kratka nota. Početkom Lipnja sam pisao o Martini Dalić i njenom komentiranju o &#8220;puštanju stranih investitora&#8221; da odu gdje hoće van Hrvatske. (Glupo Shvaćanje Liberalizma) Pri kraju teksta sam dao jedan primjer o poteškoćama s kojima se susreću strani investitori/poduzetnici u Hrvatskoj. Rekao sam: Tipičan primjer problema sa investiranjem u Hrvatskoj je Američki Hrvat Matt [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cronomy.org&#038;blog=994071&#038;post=235&#038;subd=cronomy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Kratka nota. Početkom Lipnja sam pisao o Martini Dalić i njenom komentiranju o &#8220;puštanju stranih investitora&#8221; da odu gdje hoće van Hrvatske. <a href="http://cronomy.org/2007/06/04/glupo-shvacanje-liberalizma-hrvatska-na-raskrizju/">(Glupo Shvaćanje Liberalizma</a>) Pri kraju teksta sam dao jedan primjer o poteškoćama s kojima se susreću strani investitori/poduzetnici u Hrvatskoj. Rekao sam:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;">Tipičan primjer problema sa investiranjem u Hrvatskoj je Američki Hrvat Matt Sertić koji je prisustvovao na konferenciji. Matt je predsjednik i direktor <a href="http://www.aceramic.com/">Applied Ceramics Inc</a>. kompanije u Kaliforniji i jedan od donora Adriatic Institutu. Govorio je malo o svom projektu i problemima na koje nailazi o otvaranju high-tech pogona u Hrvatskoj te obajsnio da je njegova investicija primarno zbog emocija i ljubavi prema domovini. “Američki Hrvati uglavnom ne ulažu u Hrvatsku sa svojim glavama, već sa srcem.” To su naši “strani” investitori koji unatoč problemima ulažu u Hrvatskoj. </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">Za vrijeme konferencije sponzorirane od strane Adriatic Instituta, Sertić nije otkrivao previše detalja oko svog poslovanja u Hrvatskoj, ni gdje ni kada. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">No, </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">danas se otvara njegov visokotehnološki pogon u Sisku vrijednosti oko $12 milijuna, a na svečanosti bi trebao sudjelovati i Predsjednik Mesić. Na službenim stranicama </span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;font-style:italic;"><a href="http://www.aceramic.com/">Applied Ceramics Inc.</a></span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;"> objašnjeno je da j</span><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana;">e <a href="http://www.aceramic.com/news_view.php?id_lang=0&amp;id_n=11">Sisak izabran kao idealna</a> lokacija za realizaciju naših poslovnih ciljeva u potpori našem europoskom tržištu. Nadalje, ovakvo širenje omogućava Applied Ceramics-u tržišno vodstvo sa značajnom troškovnom prednošću i dostupnosti alternativa u opskrbljivanju svjetskog tržišta poluvodiča. Još na <a href="http://www.kapital-plus.net/index.php?Vijesti&amp;prikaz=vijest&amp;id=2331">KapitalPlus</a> i <a href="http://business.hr/Default2.aspx?ArticleID=8eddcac3-284d-4ab7-bdaf-8f94456ed524&amp;open=sec">business.hr</a> </span></p>
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