Bulgaria: Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement and Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria

Volume/Issue: Volume 2003 Issue 032
Publication date: February 2003
ISBN: 9781451804379
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Business and Economics , Exports and Imports , Economics- Macroeconomics , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , ISCR , CR , stand-by credit from the IMF , increase labor market flexibility , December , ceiling , privatization program , state telecommunications company , executive board discussion , state energy companies , Current account deficits , Currencies , Eastern Europe

Summary

This paper examines Bulgaria’s Second Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) and a Request for Waiver of Applicability of Performance Criteria. Over the last six-month period, Bulgaria’s macroeconomic stability has strengthened further. However, political pressures have made it more challenging to maintain a prudent and flexible fiscal policy and have weakened the momentum of structural reforms. Bulgaria has had a commendable performance in 2002, and the IMF staff supports the authorities’ request to complete the second program review under the SBA.