While my topic is not crisis management but rather long-term crisis prevention, let me nevertheless begin with a few general remarks on the measures that have been undertaken so far by the central banks and governments in response to the deepening financial crisis.
Given the proximity of EU accession and the adoption of the euro in Slovenia, the effects of these two events are intertwined. That period of euro adoption was marked also by a strong global economic upturn, which was reflected in rising prices.