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  "title": "Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues",
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  "summary": "The current account deficit by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years has fluctuated to about 20 percent of GDP. But official current account statistics suffer from several shortcomings.",
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      "heading": "Current account and official statistics",
      "content": "- The current account deficit reported by the Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina in recent years has fluctuated to about 20 percent of GDP.\n- Official current account statistics suffer from several shortcomings."
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    {
      "heading": "Fiscal sustainability and sources of savings",
      "content": "- The publication discusses possible sources of the savings required to achieve a fiscal position consistent with long-term fiscal sustainability.\n- Effective fiscal coordination is identified as essential in Bosnia and Herzegovina."
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      "heading": "Trade balance modeling and empirical analysis",
      "content": "- A theoretical model of the trade balance has been developed.\n- The theoretical model was used as the basis for estimating a quarterly regression model of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s trade balance."
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      "content": "- Subject: Balance of payments, Expenditure, Fiscal policy, International organization, International trade, Monetary policy, Money\n- 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"
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804904.002",
    "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.",
    "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.",
    "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: 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",
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    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804904.002",
    "Stock No: 1BIHEA2006001",
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    "Publication date on page: October 23, 2006",
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