FT COMMENT

FT Comment is an ad-hoc publication of Finance Think. It is a first and condensed commentary of strategic documents, action plans, statements and reports delivered by various institutional players: the Government and its agencies, European Commission, IMF, the World Bank and other regional and international financial and economic organizations; on issues falling in the working domain of Finance Think and concerning Macedonia.

Editions could be downloaded here:

FT Comment no. 38 on the election programs of the political parties for the 2024 Parliamentary elections, with reference to fiscal risks, May 2, 2024

FT Comment no. 37 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia, November 9, 2023

FT Comment no. 36 on the Draft Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia for 2023, 28 November 2022

FT Comment no. 35 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia, October 13, 2022

FT Comment no. 34 on the Budget Supplement 2022, May 27, 2022

FT Comment no. 33 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia, October 20, 2021

FT Comment no. 32 on the draft changes to the Financial Support to Investment Law, July 28, 2021

FT Comment no. 31 on the Budget Supplement 2021, July 28, 2021

FT Comment no. 30 on the Draft Law on Budgets, October 27, 2020

FT Comment no. 29 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia, October 8, 2020

FT Comment no. 28 on the Budget Supplement of North Macedonia, 18 May 2020

FT Comment no. 27 on the Concluding statement of the IMF Consultation on Article IV – 2019, 18 November 2019

FT Comment no. 26 on the Draft Budget of the Republic of North Macedonia for 2020, 12 November 2019

FT Comment no. 25 on the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of North Macedonia, May 29, 2019

FT Comment no. 24 on the treatment of young people in the Operational Plan for Active Programs and Measures for Employment and Services in the Labor Market for 2019, 13. February 2019

FT Comment no. 23 on the IMF’s Report on the Fiscal Transparency Evaluation in the Republic of Macedonia, November 01, 2018

FT Comment no. 22 on the Fiscal Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia (2019-2021), May 28, 2018

FT Comment no. 21 of the “Climbing out of debt” study (Alessina, Favero and Giavazzi) in the context of the Government’s intention to increase personal income tax, April 20, 2018

FT Comment no. 20 of the economic part of the European Commission Progress Report on the Republic of Macedonia, 17 April 2018.

FT Comment no. 19 of the Draft Economic Reforms Program (2018-2020), December 5, 2017

FT Comment no. 18 of the Fiscal Strategy of the Republic of Macedonia (2018-2020), November 17, 2017

FT Comment no. 17 of the Draft Budget of the Republic of Macedonia for 2018, 16 November 2017

FT Comment No.16 on the Plan for economic growth announced by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia, September 21, 2017

FT Comment No.15 on the draft Program for reforming the public finance management 2018-2021, September 22, 2017

FT Comment No.14 on the proposed Budget Supplement 2017, July 10, 2017

FT Comment No.13 on the economic implications of the current political turmoil, with potential scenarios for the growth in 2017 and 2018, March 23, 2017

FT Comment No.12 on the economic part of the EU Progress report for the Republic of Macedonia 2016, November 9, 2016

FT Comment No.11 on the Fiscal Strategy 2017-2019, 15 October 2016

FT Comment No.10 on the the economic aspects of the National Strategy for Gender Equality 2013 – 2020, 22 August 2016

FT Comment No.9 on the Standard & Poor’s Report on the credit rating of the Republic of Macedonia, April 1st, 2016

FT Comment No.8 on the economic part of the EU Progress report for the Republic of Macedonia 2015, November 10, 2015

FT Comment No.7 on the IMF Executive Board on 2015 Article IV consultations, August 28, 2015

FT Comment No.6 on the political crisis in Macedonia and its effects for the economy, May 18, 2015

FT Comment No. 5 on the Standard & Poor’s Ratings on the Republic of Macedonia, April 17, 2015

FT Comment No. 4 On the Economic section of the Report of the European Commission for the Republic of Macedonia 2014 Progress, October 9th, 2014

FT Comment No.2 On the Country Assessment Report by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, November 25th, 2013

FT Comment No.1 On the Statement at the end of the IMF Second Post-Program Monitoring Mission in Macedonia, November 8th, 201