Croatia

The Croatian National Bank (HNB) seems to be bracing itself for a banking sector credit crunch, in line with our view. After having raised reserve requirements in October to 14.0% from... 2011-11-29

Western Balkan equities have not been spared the carnage seen in western European markets with the Croatian CROBEX, Serbian BELEX15 and Bulgarian SOFIX all having seen serious losses... 2011-11-24

Interbank lending rates in Croatia have continued to head higher in recent weeks on the back of the announcement by the Croatian National Bank (HNB) that it was raising its reserve... 2011-10-21

Croatia's borrowing premium has been on the rise in recent weeks due to central bank measures to support the kuna, which have resulted in rising yields combined with what we view as... 2011-09-28

Central European stock exchanges have come under heavy selling pressure as a result of investors fleeing riskier assets. Concerns over the eurozone debt crisis and stalling global growth... 2011-08-05

Going into the second half of 2011, we continue to view Serbia's BELEX15 as our regional favourite owing to a positive macroeconomic outlook and the increasing potential for Serbia... 2011-07-04

Sovereign risk in emerging Europe has improved marginally since our last Sovereign Risk Rating update in March. The mean Sovereign Risk Rating (SRR) score for the 17 rated countries... 2011-06-17