The paper deals with monetary system and policy of the Bank of Slovenia (BS) before and after entering euro zone. The position of an independent central bank and pragmatic policy changed when Slovenia entered euro zone; BS became responsible for the implementation of ECB policy. The paper also tries to look for the responsibility of the BS for creation of casino capitalism before financial crisis and answer the question whether monetary authorities could prevent enormous growth of credits in the period. It seems that the preoccupation with inflationary targeting, political interference in nominating new governor after entering euro zone, and reliance on ECB monetary policy could be blamed. Namely, some tools for influencing credit activity of the banks were available. It appears that also BS succumbed to the general financial euphoria of the period.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 33426477The study deals with the long term business sustainability of Talum. The content has three parts. The first evaluates the direct and indirect effects of exogenous conditions, in particular emissions trading, the organization and structure of the electricity market and its corresponding changes after 2010, that compromise the company at most. In the second part the study identifies the strengths and weaknesses of Talum, compared to other aluminum smelters in Europe and other companies in Slovenia. In the third section we evaluate the range of possible endogenous moves of the company (administration) and its owners in establishing long-term business sustainability of Talum.
F.30 Professional assessment of the situation
COBISS.SI-ID: 518107161Project team has been continue their analytical work in the field of main current economic trends on monthly basis, also in year 2011. Results of listed activities have been published and disseminated into public through review Gospodarska gibanja - Economic trends, well known economic review that has been published continously over fourty years. From this point, team analytic work and dissemination of their analytic results, concerning main economic indicators of domestic, EU and global environment, has undoubtedly been one of the most important achivements of research team.
C.02 Editorial board of a national monograph
COBISS.SI-ID: 11962449