Slovak Republic: Selected Background Issues

Publication Date:

October 23, 1995

Summary:

This Selected Background Issues paper examines the gap between Slovak and Czech unemployment rates. The paper investigates the reasons why the Slovak unemployment rate has been considerably higher than the Czech unemployment rate. The paper highlights that the predominant cause is that employment in Slovakia declined more sharply than in the Czech Republic, particularly in 1991. The paper also analyzes the fiscal outlook for the Slovak Republic in 1995 and in the medium term. Monetary policy issues in 1994–95 are also examined.

Series:

Country Report No. 1995/103

Subject:

Notes:

This background paper on the Slovak Republic was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.

English

Publication Date:

October 23, 1995

ISBN/ISSN:

9781451835359/1934-7685

Stock No:

1SVKEA0011995

Pages:

120

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