The country was however hit in the gut by the global financial crisis, and newly-designated Finance Minister Zoran Stavrevski, who is also the deputy prime minister, announced the country had dipped into a recession.
Zemlju je ipak pogodila svjetska financijska kriza, a novoimenovani ministar financija Zoran Stavrevski, koji je i zamjenik premijera, objavio je kako je zemlja ušla u recesiju.