Slovak Republic: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix

Volume/Issue: Volume 2005 Issue 072

Publication date: March 2005

ISBN: 9781451835502

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Economics- Macroeconomics , Taxation - General , ISCR , CR , appreciation , Slovakia , appreciation pressure , growth performance , chapter III , productivity differential , productivity growth , Potential output , Productivity , Output gap , Real exchange rates , Personal income , Western Europe , Eastern Europe , Central and Eastern Europe , Europe

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Summary

This Selected Issues paper evaluates competitiveness in Slovakia and estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate path for the koruna. It takes stock of Slovakia’s growth performance over the past decade and assesses its growth potential over the medium term. It estimates the equilibrium real exchange rate appreciation in Slovakia using cross-section and time-series methods. The paper also presents production function estimates of potential output for Slovakia that imply sustainable rates of growth of 4.5–5.0 percent over the next five years.