remains stubbornly high. This paper argues that Slovakia joined the euro area after a period of unprecedented real … are less positive. This development is compared with Estonia and Slovenia, two other small and very open economies …, recently entering the euro area.<P>Slovaquie : Un membre de la zone euro en rattrapage pendant et après la crise<BR>En 2009, l …

This article examines a range of variables influencing non-performing loan (NPL) ratios in the Czech Republic, Slovakia … and Slovenia, as an indicator of the sustainability of banking sector results. Two basic conclusions were drawn from the …

Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. A challenge to the enlarged Union's (EU … cohesion has thus become a much more arduous undertaking. Enlargement of the euro zone poses another challenge. Of the NMS-8 …

some moderate slowdown in Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. A definite growth slowdown was only … competitiveness. In 2003 the task of enhancing competitiveness benefited from the strengthening of the euro vs. the US dollar, which … happened to coincide with the real depreciation of some accession countries' currencies vs. the euro. Apart from the beneficial …

The paper covers seven transition countries the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and …