November 17 (SeeNews) - Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Macedonia fell by an annual 63.5% to 106.6 million euro ($159.4 million) in the first eight months of the year, central bank data indicated on Tuesday.
Details follow (in millions of euro):
|
August'09 |
Jan-Aug'09 |
Aug'08 |
Jan-Aug'08 |
FDI |
26.3 |
106.6 |
42.9 |
292.5 |
Macedonia's government has said it expects the FDI inflow to slow down this year due to the global economic crisis. In 2008, FDI in Macedonia fell by 18.5% to 412.5 million euro.
($ = 0.6686 euro)