This paper investigates the effectiveness of the interest rate channel in three small open economies with rigid exchange rate regimes in South East Europe – Bulgaria, Croatia and Macedonia – during the period 2000–2010. Specifically, we examine the size and speed of adjustment of bank...

This analysis examines aggregation bias in the case of the interest rate pass-through in the Republic of Macedonia. By using bank-level data, the authors investigate whether there are heterogeneities and asymmetries in the size and speed of the adjustment of lending rates to changes in the cost...

This paper provides for an empirical analysis of real exchange rates in Macedonia. The empirical model specifies the equilibrium real exchange rate as a function of the fundamental factors. Then, using the coefficients of the empirical model, the deviation of the actual real exchange rate from...