"The world economic crisis is not the cause of the economic crisis in Serbia, but the consequences of the global economic crisis will, to a great extent, certainly also appear in Serbia, primarily in the form of a reduction in the inflow of credit funds and foreign direct investment and in the form of a reduction in demand for domestic goods abroad and a difficulty in marketing our products outside the borders of Serbia. The measures that the Serbian government introduced in the period between January and August 2009, as a means of relieving the consequences of the global economic crisis, are enforced and short-term in character and are more a way of 'fire fighting' instead of being a pattern for a long-term way out of the crisis and for the development of the Serbian economy. The government has also expressed hesitancy in its decision-making and in the introduction of these specific measures "

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