Sample Sovereign Risk Scoring Model

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The text provides an overview of Croatia's economic performance based on indicators like GDP growth, unemployment, inflation, interest rates, current account balance, government finances and more.

Some of the economic indicators mentioned include real GDP growth, unemployment rate, inflation rate, real lending rates, current account balance, foreign reserves, external debt levels.

The text describes a sample sovereign risk scoring model that considers various economic factors like exchange rate movements, GDP growth, unemployment, inflation, money factors, external debt, current account balance, government finances to calculate a risk score for Croatia.

SAMPLE SOVEREIGN RISK SCORING MODEL

Country: Croatia

1.

Score:

Economy

For the most recent available 12 month period:


Currency:
Real exchange rate movement was:
a) Positive .3
b) Negative 0- 5%......................................2
c) Negative 6-15%...................................1
d) Negative more than 15% ...0

Sources:
www.hnb.hr
GDP:
GDP real growth:
a) Grew by more than 4% per year ....3
b) Grew by 2-4% per year ....2
c) Staged..1
d) Declined..0

Sources:
www.hnb.hr
Unemployment (best estimate available) was:
a) Less than 5%.......................................3
b) 5-10%..................................................2
c) 11-15%................................................1

d) More than 15%..................................0

Sources:
www.hnb.hr

MONEY
Inflation was:
a) 0-5% per year.3
b) 6-10% per year2
c) 10-15 per year.1
d) More than 15% per year .....0

Sources:
www.hnb.hr
The most recent real lending rate was:
a) Positive or negative by less than 3%....3
b) Negative by 3-5%...................................2
c) Negative by 6-10%...............................1
d) Negative by more than 10% .0

Sources:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/croatia/real-interest-rate-percent-wb-data.html
If the country had a current account deficit, foreign reserves covered:
a) Surplus/more than 100% .3
b) 75-100%.............................................2
c) 50-75%...............................................1
d) Less than 50%....................................0

Sources: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=144 -foreign reserves and gold

http://www.indexmundi.com/croatia/current_account_balance.html -current account


balance
www.imf.org

Foreign reserves were:


a) Steady or increasing.3
b) Declining 1-5%....................................2
c) Declining 6-10%..................................1
d) Declining more than 10%....................0

Sources:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=144
www.imf.org
Total external debt is:
a) less than 30% of GDP..3
b) 30-75% of GDP...2
c) 75-100% of GDP....1
d) More than 100% of GDP.0

Sources:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=94 external debt
www.hnb.hr

Over the past 3 years, total external debt as a proportion of GDP:


a) Fell....3
b) Remained constant....2
c) Rose 1-5%.............................................1

d) Rose more than 5% points......0

Sources:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=94 or www.hnb.hr
BALANCE OF PAYMENT
Compared to exports, imports were:
a) Smaller or in balance..3
b) 1-10% larger.....2
c) 11-20% larger.1
d) More than 20% larger.....0

Sources:
www.worldbank.org

The current account was:


a) In surplus or balance..3
b) In deficit by 1-2% of GDP..2
c) In deficit by 3-4% of GDP...1
d) In deficit by more than 4% of GDP0

Sources: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=145
Government finance:
National government finance was:
a) In surplus or balance 3
b) In deficit by 1-2% of GDP2
c) In deficit by 2-4% of GDP.1
d) In deficit by more than 4% of GDP...0

Sources:

http://www.economywatch.com/economicstatistics/croatia/General_Government_Balance_Percentage_of_GDP/
If government finances are in deficit, they have been so far:
a) Surplus/1 year or less.3
b) 2-5 years....1
c) More than 5 years.0

Sources:
http://www.economywatch.com/economicstatistics/croatia/General_Government_Balance_Percentage_of_GDP/

Over the past 3 years, the ratio of fixed investments to GDP has:
a) Increased....3
b) stagnated1
c) decreased...0

Sources:
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=hr&v=142

The ratio of total trade (exports +imports) to GDP was:


a) more than 75% 3
b) 51-75%.................................................2
c) 25-50%................................................1
d) Less than 25%......................................0

Sources:
www.imf.org
The annual domestic savings rate was:
a) More than 30%.........................................4

b) 20-30%....................................................3
c) 15-20....2
d) Less than 15%..........................................0

Sources:
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/croatia/gross-domestic-savings-us-dollar-wb-data.html

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