Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues

IMF Staff Country Reports, October 23, 2006

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• Published: October 23, 2006
• Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804904.002

Current account and official statistics

• The current account deficit reported by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years has fluctuated to about 20 percent of GDP.
• Official current account statistics suffer from several shortcomings.

Fiscal sustainability and sources of savings

• The publication discusses possible sources of the savings required to achieve a fiscal position consistent with long-term fiscal sustainability.
• Effective fiscal coordination is identified as essential in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Trade balance modeling and empirical analysis

• A theoretical model of the trade balance has been developed.
• The theoretical model was used as the basis for estimating a quarterly regression model of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade balance.

Subject coverage and keywords

• Subject: Balance of payments, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, International organization, International trade, Monetary policy, Money
• Keywords: Africa, Bank credit, Credit, Current account, Current account deficits, D.C., debt dynamics, Eastern Europe, Europe, exchange rate, expenditures saving, Global, government function, International Monetary Fund Washington, long-term debt dynamics, national government, Outward remittances, Policy implication, publication policy, Trade balance

Publication metadata and key statistics

• Pages: 63
• Volume: 2006
• Issue: 368
• Series: Country Report No. 2006/368
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804904.002
• Stock No: 1BIHEA2006001
• ISBN: 9781451804904
• ISSN: 1934-7685
• Publication date on page: October 23, 2006

International Monetary Fund. "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 368 (2006).

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