THE INFLUENCE OF THE CORONA CRISIS ON THE CROATIAN ECONOMY AND EXPORTS

Dezinfekcija, nošenje zaštitnih maski te ograničeno kretanje samo su dio svakodnevnice otkako traje pandemija korona virusa. Svjetsko gospodarstvo, pa tako i hrvatsko suočilo se s mnogim promjenama zbog nepoznatog virusa koji je zahvatio brojne države. Kako bi se ograničilo širenje epidemije zemlje koriste mjere smanjivanja ili pak zabrane socijalnih kontakata što rezultira ekonomskim posljedicama. Također, pogođena je međunarodna trgovina što je znatno smanjilo izvoz te uvoz usluga i robe. U novonastaloj situaciji makroekonomska politika ima važnu ulogu jer raznim mjerama može barem kratkoročno ublažiti posljedice. Za Hrvatsku se smatra da je imala radikalne mjere, no s razlogom jer će biti izrazito ekonomski pogođena. Veliki je izazov istraživati utjecaje pandemija na svijet i ekonomiju jer se ne događaju često te je nije lako procijeniti koje su izmjene isključivo zbog pandemije, a koje su zbog drugih čimbenika.Disinfection, wearing protective masks and restricted movement are just part of everyday life since the corona virus pandemic. The world economy, including Croatia, has faced many changes due to an unknown virus that has spread to many countries. In order to limit the spread of the epidemic, countries instructed a reduction or imposed a complete ban on social contacts which produced economic consequences. Also, international trade was affected, which significantly reduces exports and imports of services and goods. In the new situation, macroeconomic policy ha san important role because it can mitigate the consequences, at least in the short term. Croatia is considered to have radical measured, but it will be severely economically affected. It is a big challenge to investigate the effects of pandemics on the world and economy because they do not occur often and it is difficult to determine which changes are due to pandemic and which of them are because other factors