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Investment in the Eurozone is still lower than it was before the 2008 crisis. Boosting public investment is a key condition that has to be fulfilled to stimulate activity in the private sector.
For many years the role of foreign capital in the economic transition of the countries of Central and Southeast Europe (CSE) was seen as a very positive influence.
For the first time in six years FDI in Europe decreased. In 2018 there were 6,356 FDI projects, 4 per cent less than in 2017, according to EY European Attractiveness Survey.
In the first three quarters of 2018, CSE’s combined exports to China totaled USD17.6bn, a record high and up by over 20 per cent y/y. But the region has been racking up a large trade deficit with the Asian nation.
Poland should increase its investment rate, i.e. the ratio of the gross fixed capital formation to the GDP. The economy needs such an increase, which is also confirmed by international comparisons.
The investment rate in Poland is close to the EU average, but is lower than in the CSE countries. Expenditure on R&D, as well as on software and databases remains particularly low.
The total value of planned M&A transactions may reach more than EUR1.6bn. In 2017, global value of M&A transactions was USD3.5 trillion, 167 times higher than all companies on the Zagreb Stock Exchange.