Financial crisis which began in 2008 has left a strong mark on many economies. Still to this day, ten years after the crisis, many countries feel and fight its consequences. Like other countries of the European Union (EU), the crisis hit Slovenia a bit later, with a time delay. The main part of the thesis was to analyse the effect financial crisis had on different EU countries, such as Slovenia, Greece, Poland, Portugal and Austria. I tried to analyse those effects and also research the measures with which countries fought against the financial crisis. The reason I decided for this topic is pure curiosity. For some time I have been asking myself where the epicentre of the crisis is and about its consequences, why so many people lost their jobs, etc. The goals I have set before I began the research were met during the thesis. This was the result of all the analysis which helped me get a deeper understanding and explanation of different goals I have set. For the research part of the thesis I have used the descriptive method, analysis and synthesis method and comparing method. These methods helped me to set the hypothesis in the beginning and also analyse them later on. I have divided the research part of the thesis in three sections. In the first section I have compared the gross domestic product (GDP) movement, where in the early years (2006, 2007 and 2008) one could compare Slovenia with Poland. That changed in 2009, when Slovenia has recorded the lowest economy growth of all the selected countries (-7,8 %). In the next few years Slovenia again recorded a positive GDP growth. Regarding the unemployment rate, Slovenia could be compared with Austria in the first three analysed years, yet the situation over the next few years has shifted and Slovenia became more comparable with Poland. In the section on inflation levels, I came to the conclusion that for the most part, Slovenia differs from other countries in the EU. In 2006 and 2007 the level of inflation in Slovenia was the highest among selected countries, yet in 2008 it was the lowest. At the end of 2011 the inflation level in Slovenia was 2,8 % which was approximately 1 % less than in Austria, Poland and Portugal.
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