After the pandemic shock of 2020, this year there are more favorable trends in foreign direct investment, but also in total investment as a component of GDP, pointed out in an interview with Al Jazeera, the Governor of the National Bank, Anita Angelovska-Bezoska.

– Foreign direct investment is extremely important for economic activity, because they provide access to external sources of growth financing, which is very important for small economies that do not have sufficient capital to finance growth. Even more important is that they positively affect the quality of growth, due to the influx of knowledge and technologies that bring it. Last year, during the great pandemic shock, there was a significant slowdown in foreign direct investment in our country. They were about 1,5 percent of GDP, which means half of what was the standard amount in our country before the pandemic, says Angelovska-Bezoska.

She points out that this year, net foreign direct investment recorded more positive performance, with 200 million euros in the first three quarters, which is a higher amount compared to the first three quarters of 2020, when they amounted to 100 million euros.

According to the National Bank, these trends are expected to continue in the future, with expectations for further growth of the global economy and more stable perceptions of international investors.