Identification of an appropriate set of indicators of the banking sector to be analyzed has to be observed in terms of the needs of different users. For the purpose of managing financial systems, methods for early detection of problems in banks are essential in order to protect the interests of...

The favourable climate and the environment in which economic activity takes place is one of the factors for attracting investments, both in terms of the state or when it comes to regions, cities and municipalities within the state. At the international level, states are competing for funds and...

Identification of an appropriate set of indicators of the banking sector to be analyzed has to be observed in terms of the needs of different users. For the purpose of managing financial systems, methods for early detection of problems in banks are essential in order to protect the interests of...

This article is an event study of the effectiveness of official foreign exchange interventions by the National Bank of Serbia (NBS) in the RSD/EUR market. As the NBS does not have a formally modelled response function we assume that it intervenes as is expected according to its mandate, i.e., to...

The aim of this paper is to draw attention on the need to strengthen institutional cooperation between local self-governments and the business community. The paper analyses the ability of socio-economic councils in Serbia, as a part of local governments, to improve the business environment and...

The chapter explores current stance of developments in Serbian credit market, by looking at credit aggregates and interest rates. Although, there are signs of weak credit market, full scale credit crunch is so far avoided thanks to efforts coordinated by the key stakeholders: IMF, National Bank...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the link between, on one hand the interest margin of the bank, and the determinants of the interest margin on the other. The basic importance of bank interest margin or spread (BIS), arises from the fact that it presents an indicator of a bank's...