After several failed attempts to fight the inflation with various schemes, and due to mass strikes caused by austerity wage freezes, the government of Branko Mikulić was replaced by a new government in March 1989, headed by Ante Marković, a pragmatic reformist.
Nakon nekoliko neuspješnih pokušaja u borbi protiv inflacije s raznim programima, Vlada Branka Mikulića zamijenjena je novom vladom u ožujku 1989., na čelu s Antom Markovićem, pragmatičnim reformatorom.