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  "title": "Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix",
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  "summary": "This Selected Issues paper discusses several features of the Slovene economy that may explain the weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth.",
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      "content": "- This Selected Issues paper discusses several features of the Slovene economy that may explain the weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth.\n- It reviews credit growth developments in Slovenia and in selected European Union new member states.\n- It compares those experiences with those of noncore euro area countries, including Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, before their adoption of the euro.\n- Findings on the relationships between credit and domestic demand are presented based on simple correlation and regression analyses."
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      "heading": "Analytical focus",
      "content": "- Examination of factors that may explain a weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth in Slovenia.\n- Cross-country comparison of credit growth patterns:\n  - Slovenia\n  - Selected European Union new member states\n  - Noncore euro area countries before euro adoption: Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain\n- Empirical assessment using:\n  - Correlation analysis\n  - Regression analysis"
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      "heading": "Key topics covered",
      "content": "- Consumer credit\n- Credit and credit growth\n- Credit-to-GDP ratio\n- Private sector credit and loans\n- Deposit behavior\n- Private consumption and demand growth\n- Financial institutions and mutual funds\n- National accounts measures related to credit and demand"
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      "heading": "Methodology",
      "content": "- Use of simple correlation and regression analyses to investigate relationships between credit measures and domestic demand growth.\n- Comparative historical analysis of pre-euro credit dynamics in selected noncore euro area countries versus Slovenia and EU new member states.\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix -- IMF Country Report 05/254\n  - Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix -- IMF Country Report 05/254 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix -- IMF Country Report 05/254 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}"
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    "Published: July 28, 2005",
    "Series: IMF Staff Country Reports",
    "DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451835762.002",
    "This Selected Issues paper discusses several features of the Slovene economy that may explain the weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth.",
    "It reviews credit growth developments in Slovenia and in selected European Union new member states.",
    "It compares those experiences with those of noncore euro area countries, including Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and Spain, before their adoption of the euro.",
    "Findings on the relationships between credit and domestic demand are presented based on simple correlation and regression analyses.",
    "Examination of factors that may explain a weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth in Slovenia.",
    "Cross-country comparison of credit growth patterns:",
    "Empirical assessment using:",
    "Private sector credit and loans",
    "Deposit behavior",
    "Use of simple correlation and regression analyses to investigate relationships between credit measures and domestic demand growth.",
    "Comparative historical analysis of pre-euro credit dynamics in selected noncore euro area countries versus Slovenia and EU new member states.",
    "**Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix -- IMF Country Report 05/254**"
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