In the 1980s the Yugoslav economy entered a period of continuous crisis.
Between 1979 and 1985 the Yugoslav dinar plunged from 15 to 1,370 to
the U.S. dollar, half of the income from exports was used to service the debt,
while real net personal income declined by 19.5%.
Unemployment rose to 1.3 million job-seekers, and internal debt was estimated
at $40 billion.
