Vladimir Vuckovic

BELGRADE - The data on industrial production in January point to a revival in economic activity thanks to a higher number of sectors with a growth tendency, economic expert Vladimir Vuckovic said.

BELGRADE - Fiscal Council member Vladimir Vuckovic said on Thursday that he expects Serbia to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the first months of 2015, noting that the uneasy task of cutting the public debt is still ahead for Serbia.

BELGRADE - The new arrangement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is being negotiated presently, will result in an increase in Serbia's economic policy credibility and enable monitoring of the reform process, Serbian economic experts said on Friday.

BELGRADE - Serbia has entered a recession, according to estimates, and the only question is whether it is for a short term or if it is a negative trend, economist Stojan Stamenkovic said at the start of the presentation of the latest Makroekonomske analize i trendovi (MAT) bulletin on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - Public enterprises are sinking Serbia's public finance and unless the solution to this problem is sought simultaneously with fiscal consolidation and salary and pension cuts, it would turn out to be a pointless sacrifice, economic expert Vladimir Vuckovic warned on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - The Fiscal Council estimates that Serbia's budget deficit in 2014 could reach 8.7 percent of GDP, which is significantly more than in many other countries, Fiscal Council President Vladimir Vuckovic said on Tuesday.

BELGRADE - A growth of GDP would have been uncertain for Serbia even without the recent floods, Fiscal Council member Vladimir Vuckovic has said, noting that the country will now definitely fall into recession.

BELGRADE - Decrease in prices of food, vegetables in the first line, has resulted in Serbia's lowest inflation rate in the last seven years in March 2014 compared to the previous month.

March inflation "lowest in seven years"

BELGRADE -- Lower food prices, above all those of vegetables, resulted in the lowest inflation rate in the last seven years in March, compared to the previous month.

BELGRADE - Member of the Fiscal Council Vladimir Vuckovic said on Monday Serbia's Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had identified the problems in the country and set goals and deadlines for the implementation of a set of reforms by the new government when he presented the programme for that government to the parliament.