Surviving Low Interest Rates Central Banks in Kosovo and Other Western Balkan Countries: Republic of Kosovo

April 19, 2023

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Si Guo. Surviving Low Interest Rates Central Banks in Kosovo and Other Western Balkan Countries: Republic of Kosovo, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2023) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

Interest income from foreign reserves is one of the main revenue sources for most emerging market central banks. For central banks in the Western Balkan region, the low global interest rates during 2008–2021 negatively affected their revenues, and the impact was more pronounced for central banks in Kosovo, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina because they cannot use seigniorage to finance their operations. This paper explores how these central banks coped with the long period of low-interest rates. The main finding is that the decline in interest income from foreign reserves was partially compensated by higher fees, commissions, and other regulatory revenues.

Subject: Central Banks, Financial institutions, Financial services, Foreign exchange, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts

Keywords: Bosinia, Central bank, Central bank rates, Central banks in Kosovo, Emerging market central banks, Exchange rate arrangements, Global, Government securities, Herzegovina, Income, Interest income, International reserves, Kosovo, Low interest rates, Montenegro, Personnel cost-to-GDP ratio, Rising interest rates

Publication Details

Pages:

11
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Selected Issues Paper No. 2023/027
Stock No:

SIPEA2023027
ISBN:

9798400241079
ISSN:

2958-7875

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