Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow

🎉 Executive Director Blagica Petreski Selected as an IMF Academic Fellow! 🌍

This prestigious recognition is not only a personal achievement but also a significant opportunity for Finance Think to transfer knowledge, innovate new topics, and implement the latest global economic trends. 📊💡

This experience continues Finance Think’s successful mission of shaping innovative policies and research! 🌟

📣Read out newest FT #Comment 39, on the economic part of the EC Progress Report

‼️ Critical Points in Economic Reforms Highlighted in the Report:

  • Fiscal Risks 💸: Increased and insufficiently monitored overdue and unsettled obligations.
  • Fiscal Rules 📜: Non-compliance ahead of the start of their implementation (January 1, 2025).
  • Inflation and Policies 📈💼: Misaligned expansive fiscal and contractive monetary measures.
  • Public Finance Reforms 🕰️: Slow progress and implementation of public finance management reforms.
  • Budget Transparency 👀: Low level below the global average.
  • Informal Economy 🌐🛠️: Insufficient progress in tackling unregistered work and partially declared wages.
  • State Aid 🤝: Unsatisfactory transparency and efficiency, with weak competencies in the Competition Protection Commission.

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