
CEE foreign investment to recover by 2013
A gradual recovery in foreign direct investment in central and eastern Europe is likely by 2013, according to a new study. A five-year boom, in which FDI rose five-fold to $155bn in 2008, was halted by recession and the credit crunch, said PwC, the professional services group. Inflows shrank more than half to $77bn in 2009 as investment in real estate, building materials and car parts tumbled, in spite of rising investment in alternative energy, chemicals and electronic components. Big