Economic situation in southeast Europe, seen from an unique perspective: from the consumption of beer. In Romania, beer consumption dropped by 10% in the first half, compared to the same period last year. Sign of hard times and the economy still in crisis.
The signal comes from one of the editors of American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Christopher Emsden, who dedicate a blog published material or economic situation in our country, “in light beer.
Many economic analysts expected worldwide sales of beer to maintain high banzandu is the following reasoning: concerned about job losses or dismissed already, people would use the money started to one of the things you can not miss – beer. Romania reality shows, but, nothing. The figures for beer manufacturers continue to decrease. “So the recession in Romania, where growth rates of almost 9% last year have been brutally transformed into a contraction of 7% this year, was very serious,” writes Christopher Emsden.
Conclusion publisher of The Wall Street Journal: After a decade of shopping madness, which culminated in the accession to the European Union, people who do not touch the drink and who do everything on their own are again in fashion