## Bosnia and Herzegovina: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, October 23, 2006_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: October 23, 2006
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804904.002

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### 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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