Assessment of the economic situation on 23 March 2020: The depth of the GDP decline is crucially dependent on the further development of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, its duration and the adopted and future measures.
The Spring Forecast of Economic Trends 2020 published by IMAD on 12 March 2020 was prepared in the first week of March. On the basis of facts and...
Spring forecast 2020: This year economic growth will be significantly lower than projected in the autumn; the forecast is crucially affected by the speed of coronavirus containment and government measures.
The spring forecast was made at the time of significant uncertainties regarding the further spread and duration of the coronavirus outbreak in...
Economic Mirror: In Slovenia, moderate economic activity continued towards the end of last year; internationally, economic sentiment indicators indicate improvement
At the end of last year, moderate economic activity in Slovenia continued, while confidence started to improve. Confidence improved in almost all...
Economic Mirror: In the global economy, signs of stabilisation towards the end of the year; in Slovenia, a further strengthening of private consumption
Towards the end of last year, signs of stabilisation started to show in the global economy amid slightly less pronounced negative risks. The...
Economic Mirror: Economic growth remains close to our autumn forecast for 2019; the moderation of investment growth is faster than expected
Year-on-year GDP growth in the first three quarters was 2.7%, which is a significant slowdown relative to last year and close to IMAD’s autumn...
Productivity Report 2019
In 2018 IMAD started to carry out the tasks of a national productivity board, one of the key ones being the preparation of an annual productivity...
Economic Issues 2019: Dealing with labour shortages and financing social protection systems
The Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development has published its annual publication Economic Issues. This year we have focused on two...
Debate: The challenges of dealing with labour shortages
Demographic changes are reducing the share of the population in the 20–64 age group in Slovenia, which makes it difficult to ensure a sufficient...
IMAD analysis: Dealing with labour shortages
Demographic changes are reducing the share of the population in the 20–64 age group, which poses a challenge for ensuring a sufficient supply of...
Economic Mirror: Moderate growth in economic activity continues
The moderation of growth in foreign demand is reflected in more modest growth in export-oriented sectors of the Slovenian economy this year. In...