Zemlja je međutim primila direktan udar globalne finansijske krize, te je novoimenovani ministar finansija Zoran Stavrevski, koji je ujedno i zamjenik premijera, objavio da je zemlja ušla u recesiju.
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.