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Slovak Republic: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation

August 3, 2001

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Slovak Republic: Staff Report for the 2001 Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2001) accessed November 23, 2024

Summary

During 1996–98, the measured fiscal deficits have substantially underestimated the extent of the fiscal problem in Slovakia. Amid these signs of vulnerability, the present government has assumed office in October 1998, and embarked on policies to restore macroeconomic balances and lay the basis for sustainable economic growth. The fiscal tightening and developments in the nongovernment sector has led to a sharp fall in domestic demand in 1999, but a strong improvement in net trade performance partly offset their impact on aggregate demand.

Subject: Economic sectors, Expenditure, External debt, Fiscal consolidation, Fiscal policy, Privatization, Public debt

Keywords: Anti-inflationary stance, Authorities' strategy, CR, Deficit, Eastern Europe, Exchange rate, Fiscal consolidation, Government, Guarantees to enterprise, ISCR, June, NBS supervisor, Privatization, Slovak authorities, Slovak government, Slovakia, Staff appraisal, State guarantee, Western Europe

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    61

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2001/126

  • Stock No:

    1SVKEA0012001

  • ISBN:

    9781451835403

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685