Croatian Times
Foreign experts say it will soon be an ideal time to invest in Croatia because they believe the Croatian economy will decline drastically in the coming months.
The daily Poslovni dnevnik has reported that kind of scenario could be a great incentive for foreign investors because share prices will drop.
The daily said such a pessimistic scenario of the domestic economy comes from global investment fund Templeton Emerging Markets, which claim share prices, employment, orders and sales will decline to their lowest levels in the upcoming three months.
Besides low prices, the global fund says the good news for investors is that Croatia has made great progress in its effort to become an EU member and still has very stabil monetary and fiscal policy.
But, despite the report, the daily warns it is hardly to be expected that foreign investors will rush into the Croatian market even if many may find it of interest.
But, opposed to Templeton Emerging Markets, the Croatian National Bank (HNB) believes the Croatian market may be faced with lack of demand. According to HNB, economic growth in 2010 will be 0.3 per cent, which will not be attractive to foreign investors.
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Kroatië nog een jaar 'up-coming'
Recent is een akkoord bereikt rond een lang slepende discussie over visgronden tussen Slovenië en Kroatië. Nu het dispuut, wat de toetredings onderhandelingen vertraagde, is opgelost kan Kroatie versneld toetreden tot de EU. Zo stelt de Europese Commissie en de Kroatische overheid. Nederlandse investeerders, op zoek naar zekerheden, beschouwen Kroatie's toetreding, in een tijd van onzekerheden, als een lichtpunt voor stijging van onroerend goed prijzen.
De toetreding hangt af van eisen die de EU stelt, zoals hervorming van de scheepswerven, moderniseren van het rechtssysteem en medewerking met het internationaal gerechtshof in Den Haag. Hoofd-onderhandelaar Vladimir Drobnjak bevestigt dat de laatste fase is aangebroken: “Doordat nu ook het akkoord is bereikt kunnen feitelijk de onderhandelingen in minder dan een jaar afgerond worden”.
Nick van den Bichelaer van makelaar Middelland Croatia in Split is zowel verheugd als bezorgd. “Veel bedrijven en banken staan in de startblokken, maar wachten de officiële toetreding tot de EU af om hun investeringen te doen. De verwachting is dat grond- en onroerend goed prijzen, nu nog fors onder druk door de crisis, direct zullen stijgen na die datum. Wij verwachten dat onze Nederlandse cliënten nog slechts een jaar hebben om van de huidige gunstige situatie te profiteren, voordat de prijzen zullen stuwen. Kroatie is en blijft, door haar strenge ecologische wetgeving, een land waar het aanbod gering is”.
No credit crunch for upcoming markets (2)
The Croatian economy is affected by the worldwide credit crunch, but is still scoring much better than Europe in average. Although the economy looks set to continue slowing during 2008 and 2009: industrial production and retail sales are already weak, credit growth is sluggish (given the 12% nominal administrative limit imposed by regulators) and the international environment is not doing great either. At the same time, inflation appears, as expected, to have peaked in July and should end the year slightly higher than 5.0% yoy. The recent drop in oil prices is a key factor behind this scenario. In the meantime, however, the current account deficit should widen to approximately 10% of GDP this year as the impact of higher oil prices in H1 2008 and a widening income deficit on profit repatriation and higher interest payments feed through. Hence, there is no prospect of looser monetary policy settings in the near term. Nonetheless combined FDI and medium and long-term credit inflows will comfortably cover the current account balance.
Thus, the kuna will remain exposed to appreciation pressures.
Check out this report from Bank Austria with the latest update from Croatia's economy
Thus, the kuna will remain exposed to appreciation pressures.
Check out this report from Bank Austria with the latest update from Croatia's economy
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