Presentation of the IMF’s outlook for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

CASE and IMF invite to the presentation the IMF’s Regional Economic Issues (REI) report, covering recent developments, forecasts, and risks to the outlook for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE)*. This edition of the report, entitled “CESEE Outlook: Reconciling Fiscal Consolidation and Growth”, will contain recommendations on growth-friendly fiscal policies, also in view of consolidation needs in the region.

Participants: Bas B. Bakker, Senior Regional Resident Representative, IMF & Johannes Wiegand, Deputy Chief, Emerging Economies Division, IMF.

Further details: IMF Regional Office for Central and Eastern Europe, e-mail cee-office@imf.org, tel. (22) 338 67 00. Media contact: Wiktor Krzyzanowski, wkrzyzanowski@imf.org, tel. +1 202 604 4590

* Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) refers to the following countries covered in the report: Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, and Ukraine.