MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS, TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS COUNTRIES IN THE DANUBE REGION

Article author: 
Svetlana Ignjatijević, Ivan Milojević, Dragomir Đorđević
Year the article was released: 
2015
Edition in this Year: 
2
Article abstract: 

MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS, TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS COUNTRIES IN THE DANUBE REGION
Abstract:
This paper observes macroeconomic performance of the Danube region countries, with a special focus on Serbia, as well as the increase of GDP, inflation, unemployment, public debt share, external debt, foreign direct investment (FDI), current- account deficit and shares of export and import in GDP. The Danube region countries have different characteristics of economic development and different degrees of competitiveness in the international market. 

The subject of this research is the analysis of macroeconomic performance and influence of foreign trade on the economic development of the Danube region countries, paying special attention to Serbia, with the aim to improve its position in the international market. 

This study points to the presence of a high degree of correlation between economic development, level of GDP and foreign trade. The conducted research proved that there is significant interdependence among the mentioned parameters, supporting our thesis that the increase of export positively affects the level of GDP.
Keywords: macroeconomic performance, current - account deficit, public debt, the Danube region countries, Serbia 

MAKROEKONOMSKI INDIKATORI, TRGOVINA I KONKURENTNOST ZEMALJA DUNAVSKE REGIJE
Apstrakt: U radu su analizirane makroekonomske performanse zemalja dunavske regije, sa osvrtom na Srbiju, povećanje GDP-a, infl acija, nezaposlenost, udeo javnog duga, spoljnog duga, SDI, defi cita tekućih transakcija i izvoza i uvoza u GDP-u. Zemlje Dunavske regije imaju različite karakteristike ekonomskog razvoja i različite nivoe konkurentnosti na međunarodnom tržištu.

Predmet istraživanja je analiza makroekonomskih performansi i uticaja spoljne trgovine na privredni razvoj zemalja Dunavske regije sa osvrtom na Srbiju, sa ciljem da se poboljša pozicija na međunarodnom tržištu.

U radu je ukazano na postojanje visoke zavisnosti između privrednog rasta, nivoa GDP-a i spoljnotrgovinskog prometa. Izvršenom analizom dokazano je postojanje značajne uslovljenosti između pomenutih parametara, što ukazuje na utemeljenost teze prema kojoj povećanje izvoza pozitivno utiče na nivo GDP-a.
Keywords: makroekonomske performanse, deficit tekućih transakcija, javni dug, zemlje Dunavske regije, Srbija