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Economy in Focus #9: Household savings and investments in a new age

Published April 2024, the ninth edition of Economy in Focus looks into the changing landscape of household savings and investments in Europe.

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Economy in Focus #8 - 2024 outlook: What to expect and prepare for

Published January 2024, the eighth edition of Economy in Focus reflects on 2023 and looks ahead to 2024. We take a closer look back at historical trends to consider scenarios for the pivotal year that 2024 will likely be.

Economy in Focus #7 - 2023 in review: An economic potpourri

The seventh edition, published December 2023, analyses the key economic trends and developments that shaped 2023, providing expert commentary from Intrum's Senior Economist, Anna Zabrodzka-Averianov.

Economy in Focus #6 - NPLs: A decade-long European headache

In this edition, published September 2023, we take a closer look at the economic phenomenon of NPLs – non performing loans – how they function and what the future development might look like.

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About the Economist

Anna Zabrodzka-Averianov joined the Risk Analysis Team as a Senior Economist in 2021 to enhance our expertise by providing macroeconomic aspects in our analysis. Prior to joining Intrum, Anna worked for 10 years as an economist at Moody’s Analytics, where she was leading the EMEA economic analysis and forecasting activities of the research team, including the development and calibration of alternative macroeconomic scenarios. In particular, she oversaw the generation of regulatory scenarios, which are part of the stress testing exercises of key central banks, including CCAR, PRA and EBA, as well as, various custom consulting projects with major banks and other financial institutions worldwide, for ICAAP and IFRS9 purposes.

Anna holds an MSc. in Quantitative Economics from J.W. Goethe University in Frankfurt and a BSc. in Economics and Finance from Queen Mary University of London. She is currently pursuing PhD in Economics at Reading University.

Anna Zabrodkza-Averianov, Senior Economist at Intrum