Slovak Republic: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

International Monetary Fund

No 1999/112, IMF Staff Country Reports from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines external competitiveness and the exchange rate for the Slovak Republic. The paper describes two simple types of competitiveness indicators: (i) real effective exchange rate measures, which examine underlying fundamentals thought to influence external performance; and (ii) indicators of actual export performance. The results suggest that the unfavorable outcomes in the merchandise trade balance and the current account from 1996 to 1998 reflected, at least in part, competitiveness problems. The paper also presents an assessment of banking conditions and the supervision system in the Slovak Republic.

Keywords: ISCR; CR; Slovakia; EU imports; GDP; deficit; government; EU import share; EU market; D-Mark unit labor costs; imports from Slovakia; Corporate income tax; Personal income tax; Commercial banks; Western Europe; Middle East; Central and Eastern Europe; North Africa; Baltics; East Africa; Eastern Europe (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 130
Date: 1999-10-20
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