The Foundation for the Advancement of Economics (FREN) is an influential Serbian non-governmental, non-profit economic think-tank.
A meeting was held between representatives of Standard & Poor's and FREN in the FREN's premises as part of the regular annual audit of the Republic of Serbia's credit ratings. Emphasis, at the meeting, was on current situtaion of Serbia's economy and prediction of the situation in the next year. Main discussion topics were the estimates of the real GDP growth for this and the expectations for the next year, the actual situation in the domain of public finance and fiscal policy, the amount and structure of public debt, the situation on the labor market and the current political situation and expectations after the elections.
On Wednesday 19th October a quarterly presentation was held by The Foundation for the Advancement of Economics at the premises of the National Bank of Serbia. The emphasis of the presentation was on the analysis of macroeconomic and fiscal developments in the January - Feb 2011 period and the analysis of labor market in Serbia in the past and predictions for the next decade.
The promotion of the 24th issue of the "Quarterly Monitor of Economic Trends and Policies in Serbia" will be held at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade, Professors' Hall on Tuesday, June 14th, at 10.00am.
