01714cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007634 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451835380 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Slovak Republic : Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1999. 1 online resource (130 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students 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. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 1999/112 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/1999/112/002.1999.issue-112-en.xml IMF e-Library