Serbia and Montenegro: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement (EA), Financing Assurances Review, Request for Waivers, and Modification of an end-December 2004 Performance Criterion

January 12, 2005

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Serbia and Montenegro: Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement (EA), Financing Assurances Review, Request for Waivers, and Modification of an end-December 2004 Performance Criterion, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed September 20, 2024

Summary

The Fourth Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Financing Assurances Review, and Request for Waiver of Performance Criteria for Serbia and Montenegro are discussed. The agreed tighter fiscal, monetary, and incomes policies should cool off wage and credit growth, which are driving the demand for imports. The bold resumption of structural reforms should over time help increase exports, which remain exceptionally low in reference to GDP. The fragile political situation could affect the ability of the reformist minority government to press ahead with bold reforms.

Subject: Bank deposits, Economic sectors, External debt, Fiscal policy, Labor, Privatization, Revenue administration, Wages

Keywords: Consumer lending, CR, Credit growth, Eastern Europe, Expenditure side, Fiscal policy, Global, ISCR, Lending, Prefix, Privatization, Staff appraisal, Wages, Widening current account deficit

Publication Details

Pages:

107
Volume:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/013
Stock No:

1SCGEA2005001
ISBN:

9781451833553
ISSN:

1934-7685

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