Croatia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

May 12, 1997

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Croatia: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1997) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper and Statistical Appendix deals with the data interpretation problems in the Croatian balance of payments and discusses in detail the overestimation of the size of the external current account deficit in the official statistics. It examines the behavior of the monetary aggregates in Croatia using econometric methods. The structure and performance of the banking sector is also analyzed, including the effects of competition and ownership structure on profitability and interest rate spreads.

Subject: Bank deposits, Banking, Currencies, Demand for money, Exports, Foreign exchange, Imports, International trade, Money

Keywords: Banking system, Broad money, CR, Currencies, Debt service, Demand for money, Exports, Foreign currency, Imports, ISCR, National bank, Opportunity cost, Privatized bank, U.S. dollar

Publication Details

Pages:

135
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 1997/035
Stock No:

1HRVEA0011997
ISBN:

9781451817232
ISSN:

1934-7685

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