The author Bedri Hasanaj is awarded the third place with the paper “Characteristics of Kosovo's economic growth in the last decade” *** Finally, let me wholeheartedly thank you for the cooperation, professionalism and correctness you have shown in covering the financial and economic developments this year and let me wish you and your family great health, happiness and success for 2018.
Consequently, long-term inflation expectations were unchanged, as evidenced by fairly stable developments in 6- to 10-year U.S. inflation forecasts collected by the Survey of Professional Forecasters (Chart 2). In contrast, a  BIS central bankers’ speeches  1  puzzling decline in long-term inflation forecasts was observed in Japan.