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Preserving Macrofinancial Stability in Serbia: Past Legacies, Present Dilemmas and Future Challenges

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  • Sándor Gardó

    (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Foreign Research Division)

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In the course of the boom years from 2004 to 2008, Serbia accumulated sizeable macrofinancial imbalances, which made the country vulnerable to external shocks during the global crisis and rendered the process of crisis management more complex. As these vulnerabilities materialized, Serbia had to take recourse to international support which helped stabilize the country’s macrofinancial conditions. Some macrofinancial risks prevail, however, mainly with regard to fiscal and external sustainability. At the same time, financial stability concerns are mitigated by the banking system’s high shock-absorption capacities, the strategically oriented presence of foreign banks and vigilant central bank action. A major future challenge will be to avoid a renewed rise in financial and external vulnerabilities. This calls for a prudent economic policy mix and increased efforts toward structural reform

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  • Sándor Gardó, 2011. "Preserving Macrofinancial Stability in Serbia: Past Legacies, Present Dilemmas and Future Challenges," Financial Stability Report, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian Central Bank), issue 21, pages 79-104.
    • Handle: RePEc:onb:oenbfs:y:2011:i:21:b:3
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    Keywords

    financial stability; banking sector; economic and financial crisis;
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    JEL classification:

    • F36 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - Financial Aspects of Economic Integration
    • G2 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services
    • O52 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Europe
    • P2 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies

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