Regional Office for Central Europe and Baltics

International Monetary Fund
37C Zielna, 00-108 Warszawa
Poland
TEL: + 48 (22) 338 67 00
FAX: + 48 (22) 338 65 00
Email: [email protected]

Welcome to the website of the IMF Regional Office for Central Europe and the Baltics. This web page provides information about the activities of the Regional Office and, more generally, the IMF�s work on the European Union�s new member states in Central and Eastern Europe.


Presentations on Regional Issues

External Vulnerabilities in the New EU Member States: Implications for Dealing with the Financial Crisis, Brussels, November 7,2008

A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall; IMF Regional Outlook, Budapest, October 22, 2008

Central and Eastern Europe:Vulnerabilities in the Run-Up to Euro Adoption, Conference "Common European Currency and Its Future: Lessons for the New Member States", National Bank of Poland, Warsaw, October 15, 2008

Determinants of Foreign Currency Borrowing in the New Member States of the EU, EBRD, London, September 16, 2008

EU Membership: A Post-Accession Boom, but New Policy Challenges, 18th Economic Forum in Krynica, September 10-12, 2008

Central and Eastern Europe: Global spillovers to the financial sector, 18th Economic Forum in Krynica, September 10-12, 2008

Convergence in the Baltics:From Boom to Bust? CASE, Warsaw, September 3, 2008

Poland: Macro Outlook, Budget Performance and Policy Challenges, Meeting on Economic Counselors of EU Embassies Warsaw, July 4, 2008

The Recent Surge of Food and Energy Prices in Eastern Europe: Trends, Impact and Policy Responses, OeNB East Your Fixe, Vienna, June 18, 2008

Convergene in the Baltics: From Boom to Bust?, Osteuropa-Innstitute, Regensburg, June 3, 2008

Is the transition countries� reliance on foreign capital a sign of success or failure?, UNECE FfD Regional Consultation Expert Meeting Geneva, May 13, 2008

Central and Eastern Europe: Global spillovers and external vulnerabilities, ICEG Annual Conference Brussels, May 12, 2008

Taxation and Politics: Some thoughts on the presentations by Neneman, Valenduc, Petersen and Keen, L�dz, May 10, 2008

Central and Eastern Europe: Global spillovers and contagion risks, Second Banking Forum for CIS and Eastern Europe, Vienna, April 25, 2008

Economic Trends and Challenges in the New Member States, The Conference Board Regional Forum, Warsaw, April 24, 2008

Europe: Reassessing risks, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, April 23, 2008

Economic and Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Central European Am cham Conference, Prague, March 11, 2008

The New Member States of EU: Trends and Challenges, Miami, March 4, 2008

Pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): The case of Poland, European Pensions and Investments Conference, Vienna, January 31-February 1, 2008

Economic Trends and Challenges in New Member States: Presentation by Christoph Rosenberg, 10th CEI Summit Economic Forum; Sofia, November 21, 2007

Managing Rapid Financial Deepening in Emerging Europe, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, November 14, 2007

Outlook, Risks, and Policy Priorities for Emerging Europe, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, November 14, 2007

Economic and Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Conference on International Taxation in CEE, Prague, November 8, 2007

Economic Trends and Challenges in New Member States, Reuters European Investment Summit, October 17, 2007

EU funds: What can the Western Balkans learn from the New Member States? Brussels, October 11, 2007

Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, IMF Seminar for Journalists, Vienna, August 28, 2007

Banking Sector Trends and Challenges in Slovenia; Slovenia Business and Investment Summit; Ljubljana; June 27, 2007

EU Funds in the New Member States: Short-term Macro Issues; European Economic and Social Committee; Brussels, June 21, 2007

The IMF in the New Member States of the EU; Warsaw, March 29, 2007

International Institute of Finance, Economic Advisory Committee meeting, Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, Istanbul, April 20, 2007.

Roundtable of EU Embassies in Poland, Poland: Some thoughts on fiscal policy, Warsaw, April 13, 2007

2nd AmCham Regional Tax Conference, Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, March 8, 2007

German Marshall Fund of the United States Workshop, Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, Bratislava, March 2, 2007

Ministry of Finance of Poland Seminar, EU Funds in the New Member States: Opportunities and Challenges, Warsaw, February 15, 2007


IMF Working Papers and Occasional Papers on Regional Issues

Determinants of Foreign Currency Borrowing in the New Member States of the EU, IMF Working Paper No. 08/173, July 1, 2008

Current Account Developments in New Member States of the European Union: Equilibrium, Excess, and EU-Phoria; IMF Working Paper No. 08/92, April 1, 2008

Finance and Convergence: What's Ahead for Emerging Europe?; IMF Working Paper No. 07/244, October 1, 2007

Interpreting EU Funds Data for Macroeconomic Analysis in the New Member States, IMF Working Paper No. 07/77, April 1, 2007

Do Economists' and Financial Markets' Perspectives on the New Members of the EU Differ?, IMF Working Paper No. 07/65, March 1, 2007.

Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union, IMF Occasional Paper No. 252, January 3, 2007


Other Staff Papers and Notes

Macroeconomic Effects of the EU Transfers in New Member States, IMF Country Report 08/131, p.3

"Agflation" in the New Member States, Some Stylized Facts, Regional Office Note, December 2007

Migration in EU8 countries, Regional Office Note, August 2007

Efficiency of Slovene Banking Sector in the EU Context, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.4

Bank Risks from Cross-Border Lending and Borrowing in Slovenia, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.19

Issues with Capital Market Development in Slovenia, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.35


Editorials and Interviews

"Foreign Currency Borrowing More Risky for Eastern Europe", by Christoph B. Rosenberg, IMF Senior Regional Representative, Central Europe and Baltics, 28 October 2008

"Slovakia�s Path to Euro Adoption�A Blueprint for Poland?", Editorial by Christoph Rosenberg; Published in Rzeczpospolita, October 17, 2008
In Polish

Avoiding the Portuguese Trap; by Christoph B. Rosenberg, IMF Senior Regional Representative for Central Europe and the Baltics, Published in The Baltic Times, February 20, 2008

The Baltic Party Need Not End in a Bust; Christoph B. Rosenberg, IMF Senior Regional Representative, Central Europe and Baltics, February 19, 2008

Blog by Christoph Rosenberg: "Let�s Not Take our Eyes off Fiscal Policy in Eastern Europe", Posted in RGE Euromonitor, November 6, 2007.

Euro adoption: What we have learned so far; Editorial by Christoph Rosenberg; Published in Rzeczpospolita, June 22, 2007 and June 29, 2007
In Polish

Interview with Christoph Rosenberg in IMF Staff News: Life as a Regional Representative, February/March 2007, p. 4