The Influence of Macroeconomic Trends on the Repayment of Loans by Households: Evidence from the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Policy Reccomendations

• Authors: Sanela Pašić , Adisa Omerbegović-Arapović
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper explores the influence of macroeconomic indicators, namely GDP growth, the Consumer Price Index and the unemployment rate on the quality of loan repayments by households in the banking market of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Potential influence is observed over a period of fourteen years at the level of nonperforming household loans using regression analysis. The authors aim to determine whether macroeconomic forces actually influence loan repayment, and if so how and what can be done by banks to utilize this information in order to reduce future credit losses, and by the government to maintain the stability of the banking sector.

Keywords

EN

influence of macroeconomic trends; nonperforming loans; Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: South East European Journal of Economics and Business
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 76-87

Dates

published

2016-04-01

online

2016-07-26

Contributors

author

Sanela Pašić

• Candidate Senior Lecturer Department of Economics Sarajevo School of Science and Technology

author

Adisa Omerbegović-Arapović

• Associate Professor Department of Economics Sarajevo School of Science and Technology

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/jeb-2016-0003