Georgia : 2018 Article IV

Question 1

Current Account deficit improvement (3)

Answer 1

Exports; Remittances; Tourism

Question 2

Financial Inflows are driven by

Answer 2

Direct Investment

Question 3

Direct Investment is most in the (1) and (2) sectors

Answer 3

Manufacturing and Finance

Question 4

Reserve Adequacy projection

Answer 4

3

Question 5

Since 2017, currency was

Answer 5

appreciating

Question 6

Real GDP growth in 2017-2018 was driven by

Answer 6

Trading partner growth

Question 7

Net IIP has … driven by

Answer 7

deteriorated, FDI

Question 8

Georgia is a net oil …

Answer 8

importer

Question 9

External Debt:GDP

Answer 9

~85%

Question 10

External public debt is (1) and (2)

Answer 10

Long dated, Cheap

Question 11

External debt is mostly … sector

Answer 11

Private

Question 12

Government Debt:GDP

Answer 12

~45%

Question 13

Fiscal Needs are volatile or stable?

Answer 13

Stable

Question 14

Fiscal balance improvement owed to

Answer 14

increased revenues

Question 15

Public investment continues because of

Answer 15

increased capital spending

Question 16

High profitability in the financial sector is owed to

Answer 16

reduced NPLs and watch loans

Question 17

Financial sector is highly…

Answer 17

concentrated

Question 18

Banks are (1) and (2)

Answer 18

Liquid and Well Capitalised

Question 19

Since 2017, Georgia has … dollarization

Answer 19

reduced

Question 20

Dollarization trend is owed to …

Answer 20

increased credit