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S&P Downgrades Croatia

Published: December 17, 2012; 18:25 · (Vindobona)

Croatia´s Minister of Finance Slavko Linic does not exclude that Croatia needs support from the IMF next year.

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According to the U.S. rating agency, Croatia´s reform progress is not sufficient. S&P criticizes that Croatia´s labor market conditions are not flexible enough. Croatia´s employment quota is declining steadily for years. Moreover, structural reforms were not implemented the rating agency said and assumed that Croatian interest groups are offering resistance against reforms. As a…

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