ECONOMIC- FINANCIAL CRISIS IN THE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT

The current crisis has started off in the financial-banking system. In the second stage, as an effect of the financial crisis, the economic crisis occurs. In the beginning, it was no clear vision for the need of anti-crisis actions; the effects of the crisis in the context multilateral and globalisation drivers of the world economy were also ignored. A professional approach is needed concerning the state interventions into the economies, in order to prevent occurrence of ‘economic nationalism ’ or of forbidden protectionist measures. Individual solutions at the level of one state cannot enjoy long lasting success in this fight against the crisis effects. Resolving the problems induced by the current crisis cannot take place but in the context of taking into consideration three dimensions: globalisation, regionalisation and national policy. In adopting the anti-crisis measures it is also necessary to keep in mind the role of international trade. Key words: financial crisis, economic crisis, anti-crisis actions, international trade. 1. Reading the signs of crisis It is a known fact that the current crisis has firstly started off in the financial-banking system. The globalisation process made the effects of the crisis to be felt much wider, in the sense that practically it has influenced the world economy, as it could not be localised at the level of one country or one region. This is what caused the crisis effects to be felt through the powerful shoc