Regional Office for Central Europe and Baltics

Christoph B. Rosenberg, Senior Regional Representative
International Monetary Fund
37C Zielna, 00-108 Warszawa
Poland
TEL: + 48 (22) 338 67 00
FAX: + 48 (22) 338 65 00
Email: cee-office@imf.org

Welcome to the website of the IMF Regional Office for Central Europe and the Baltics. This web page provides information about the activities of the Regional Office and, more generally, the IMF’s work on the European Union’s new member states in Central and Eastern Europe.


Presentations on Regional Issues

Central and Eastern Europe: Global spillovers and contagion risks, Second Banking Forum for CIS and Eastern Europe, Vienna, April 25, 2008

Economic Trends and Challenges in the New Member States, The Conference Board Regional Forum, Warsaw, April 24, 2008

Europe: Reassessing risks, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, April 23, 2008

Economic and Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Central European Am cham Conference, Prague, March 11, 2008

The New Mebber States of EU: Trends and Challenges, Miami, March 4, 2008

Pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE): The case of Poland, European Pensions and Investments Conference, Vienna, January 31-February 1, 2008

Economic Trends and Challenges in New Member States: Presentation by Christoph Rosenberg, 10th CEI Summit Economic Forum; Sofia, November 21, 2007

Managing Rapid Financial Deepening in Emerging Europe, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, November 14, 2007

Outlook, Risks, and Policy Priorities for Emerging Europe, Presentation of Regional Economic Outlook, Warsaw, November 14, 2007

Economic and Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Conference on International Taxation in CEE, Prague, November 8, 2007

Economic Trends and Challenges in New Member States, Reuters European Investment Summit, October 17, 2007

EU funds: What can the Western Balkans learn from the New Member States? Brussels, October 11, 2007

Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, IMF Seminar for Journalists, Vienna, August 28, 2007

Banking Sector Trends and Challenges in Slovenia; Slovenia Business and Investment Summit; Ljubljana; June 27, 2007

EU Funds in the New Member States: Short-term Macro Issues; European Economic and Social Committee; Brussels, June 21, 2006

The IMF in the New Member States of the EU; Warsaw, March 29, 2007

International Institute of Finance, Economic Advisory Committee meeting, Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, Istanbul, April 20, 2007.

Roundtable of EU Embassies in Poland, Poland: Some thoughts on fiscal policy, Warsaw, April 13, 2007

2nd AmCham Regional Tax Conference, Fiscal Trends in Central and Eastern Europe, Budapest, March 8, 2007

German Marshall Fund of the United States Workshop, Economic Trends and Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe, Bratislava, March 2, 2007

Ministry of Finance of Poland Seminar, EU Funds in the New Member States: Opportunities and Challenges, Warsaw, February 15, 2007

XVI Economic Forum in Krynica-Zdrój, Sustaining Real Convergence: Policy Challenges for the New Member States, September 6-7, 2006


IMF Working Papers and Occasional Papers on Regional Issues

Finance and Convergence: What's Ahead for Emerging Europe?; IMF Working Paper No. 07/244, October 1, 2007

Interpreting EU Funds Data for Macroeconomic Analysis in the New Member States, IMF Working Paper No. 07/77, April 1, 2007

Do Economists' and Financial Markets' Perspectives on the New Members of the EU Differ?, IMF Working Paper No. 07/65, March 1, 2007.

Growth in the Central and Eastern European Countries of the European Union, IMF Occasional Paper No. 252, January 3, 2007

Common Volatility Trends in the Central and Eastern European Currencies and the Euro, IMF Working Paper No. 06/206, September 2006

Capital Flows to Central and Eastern Europe, IMF Working Paper No. 06/188, August 2006


Other Staff Papers and Notes

“Agflation” in the New Member States, Some Stylized Facts, Regional Office Note, December 2007

Migration in EU8 countries, Regional Office Note, August 2007

Efficiency of Slovene Banking Sector in the EU Context, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.4

Bank Risks from Cross-Border Lending and Borrowing in Slovenia, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.19

Issues with Capital Market Development in Slovenia, IMF Country Report No. 07/182, p.35

The Automobile Industry in Central Europe, Regional Office Note, November 2006

Inflation in Poland: How Much Can Globalization Explain?, IMF Country Report No. 06/392, p. 4

Assessing the Flexibility of the Polish Economy, IMF Country Report No. 06/392, p. 60

Common and Country Specific Components of Currency Movements: What's Holding the Forint Up?, IMF Country Report No. 06/367, p. 4

Employment Dynamics in the New European Member States: The Case of Hungary, IMF Country Report No. 06/367, p. 48

Energy Supply in Central Europe and the Baltics, Regional Office Note, July 2006


Editorials and Interviews

Avoiding the Portuguese Trap; by Christoph B. Rosenberg, IMF Senior Regional Representative for Central Europe and the Baltics, Published in The Baltic Times, February 20, 2008

The Baltic Party Need Not End in a Bust; Christoph B. Rosenberg, IMF Senior Regional Representative, Central Europe and Baltics, February 19, 2008

Blog by Christoph Rosenberg: "Let’s Not Take our Eyes off Fiscal Policy in Eastern Europe", Posted in RGE Euromonitor, November 6, 2007.

Euro adoption: What we have learned so far; Editorial by Christoph Rosenberg; Published in Rzeczpospolita, June 22, 2007 and June 29, 2007
In Polish

Interview with Christoph Rosenberg in IMF Staff News: Life as a Regional Representative, February/March 2007, p. 4

Interview with Susan Schadler in IMF Survey: Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Early Benefits of EU Membership, November 20, 2006

Interview with Christoph Rosenberg in Rzeczpospolita: No Reason to Change Something that has been Functioning Well, July 28, 2006

Interview with Christoph Rosenberg in Wirtschaftsnachrichten: Euro 2009?, July 8, 2006

Editorial by Susan Schadler, Strengthening Ties that Bind in the Enlarged EU, May 2006

Letter to the Editor of the Financial Times: Why Lithuania and Estonia Could Fare Well in Eurozone, February 8, 2006