Financial Times published 6 pages on perspectives for investments in Central and Eastern Europe. According to the financial daily, the region is in a good position to overcome the slowdown of world economy. The crisis in Macedonia is among the factors, which made the experts downgrade their prognoses for the current year. They predict 3–4% economic growth in the region. According to Financial Times the Bulgarian economy has been the best one in the region lately. It reported 5.8% growth last year due to market-oriented reforms conducted by the UDF government.