TY - BOOK ID - 84783332 TI - Republic of Kosovo : Staff Report for the 2015 Article IV Consultation. AU - International Monetary Fund. AU - International Monetary Fund PY - 2015 SN - 1513542621 1513564692 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Commercial law -- Great Britain. KW - Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. KW - Intellectual property -- Great Britain. KW - Internet -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. KW - Internet -- Law and legislation. KW - Web sites -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain. KW - Business & Economics KW - Economic History KW - Banks and Banking KW - Finance: General KW - Labor KW - Macroeconomics KW - Statistics KW - Public Finance KW - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: General KW - Fiscal Policy KW - Aggregate Factor Income Distribution KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Price Level KW - Inflation KW - Deflation KW - Debt KW - Debt Management KW - Sovereign Debt KW - Labour KW - income economics KW - Banking KW - Econometrics & economic statistics KW - Finance KW - Public finance & taxation KW - Public sector wages KW - Fiscal rules KW - Income KW - Wages KW - Fiscal policy KW - National accounts KW - Public debt KW - Banks and banking KW - Price indexes KW - Debts, Public KW - Kosovo KW - Kosovo, Republic of KW - Income economics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84783332 AB - This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that growth in Kosovo has proven relatively resilient and stronger than in its western Balkan neighbors, averaging slightly more than 3 percent over the last five years. Steady remittances from the diaspora living in advanced European economies continue to be a key driver of growth, supporting as they have private consumption and investment. Medium-term growth prospects of some 3.5 percent per year, while reasonable, are not strong enough to steadily lift incomes towards regional standards, or to create enough jobs in a country with very high unemployment. Kosovo’s banks remain liquid, well capitalized, and profitable. Nonperforming loans ratios are slightly elevated at 8.4 percent, but are stable and fully provisioned. ER -