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Financing – scientific journal for economy

ISSUE 2019, No. 3, Article 5, Year of publication: 10, September, 2019

Structure analysis of total debt in Republic of Srpska

AUTHORS

Branimir Kalaš,PhD*; Vera Mirović, PhD**

*Assistant, University in Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics Subotica, Department of Finance and Accountancy
**PhD Associate Professor, University in Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics Subotica, Department of Finance and Accountancy

ABSTRACT

ARTICLE INFO

Abstractlevel is one of the current topics in the global public finance, where many countries have faced with a increased public debt. Accordingly, debt management is an issue for makers of economic policy in the context of maintaining long-term macreconomic stability. The subject of the paper is an analysis of macroeconomic framework and public debt in Republika Srpska for the period 2014-2018 from the point of level, strucutre, maturity and types of instruments. The results have shown that share of total debt is 37.60% of gross domestic product, which is much less than legal limit of 55% of gross domestic product. The structure of total debt is predominantly defined in long-term debt, where almost 50% of debt is denominated in euro in 2018.

Keywords: public debt, structure, level, Republic of Srpska

DOI: DOI: 10.7251/FIN1903073K

Corresponding author:
branimir.kalas@ef.uns.ac.rs