## Republic of Slovenia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

_IMF Staff Country Reports, July 28, 2005_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 28, 2005
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451835762.002

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### Overview
- 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.

### Analytical focus
- Examination of factors that may explain a weak relationship between credit and domestic demand growth in Slovenia.
- Cross-country comparison of credit growth patterns:
  - Slovenia
  - Selected European Union new member states
  - Noncore euro area countries before euro adoption: Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Spain
- Empirical assessment using:
  - Correlation analysis
  - Regression analysis

### Key topics covered
- Consumer credit
- Credit and credit growth
- Credit-to-GDP ratio
- Private sector credit and loans
- Deposit behavior
- Private consumption and demand growth
- Financial institutions and mutual funds
- National accounts measures related to credit and demand

### Methodology
- 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.

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