Croatia

The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing... 2008-07-17

We have been bearish Western Balkans equities for some time now cautioning that benchmark indices throughout the region were showing clear signs of overvaluation. They have been among... 2008-06-20

Frontier equity markets in the Western Balkan region are looking dicey. The combination of rising political risks associated with the February 27 Kosovan declaration of independence... 2008-03-13

Global equity markets continue to look weak, with the CEE region being no exception. We have already laid out our guarded stance on the Polish WIG-20, Czech PX and Hungarian BUX indices,... 2008-01-15

BMI View: Long term, we believe that the external debt fundamentals of emerging Europe will continue to improve. Growth rates, although declining from 2007's highs, will be fair,... 2007-12-10

BMI View: We are upbeat on the long-term prospects for the Croatian kuna, but the pace at which the unit is making these gains is painfully slow. Over our five-year forecast period... 2007-05-21

BMI View: The Croatian authorities look set to keep a tight rein on the local financial markets. Given the country's high external debt, strong credit growth and accelerating money... 2007-03-21

In our last quarterly sovereign risk appraisal in December, we titled the report 'As Good As It Gets?' and we feel that the events of Q107 have borne out this view. Our view throughout... 2007-03-16

When most investors are appraising the prospects of an investment, profit warnings, high volatility, negative sentiment and analyst neglect are not on their list of criteria. However,... 2007-02-23

The Croatian kuna is currently undergoing a period of seasonal weakness, in line with expectations. Once tourist-related revenues come back on stream in late-spring/early-summer 2007,... 2007-01-03