Slovak Republic: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

October 20, 1999

Summary

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix examines external competitiveness and the exchange rate for the Slovak Republic. The paper describes two simple types of competitiveness indicators: (i) real effective exchange rate measures, which examine underlying fundamentals thought to influence external performance; and (ii) indicators of actual export performance. The results suggest that the unfavorable outcomes in the merchandise trade balance and the current account from 1996 to 1998 reflected, at least in part, competitiveness problems. The paper also presents an assessment of banking conditions and the supervision system in the Slovak Republic.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Corporate income tax, Expenditure, Financial institutions, Personal income tax, Revenue administration, Taxes

Keywords: Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, Commercial banks, Corporate income tax, CR, D-Mark unit labor costs, deficit, East Africa, Eastern Europe, EU import share, EU imports, EU market, GDP, government, imports from Slovakia, ISCR, Middle East, North Africa, Personal income tax, Slovakia, Western Europe

Pages:
130
Volume:
1999
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451835380.002
Issue:
112
Series:
Country Report No. 1999/112
Stock No:
1SVKEA0011999
ISBN:
9781451835380
ISSN:
1934-7685

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