INDICATORS - Slovakia - March 9

                  (last updated March 7) 
           NEW LISTINGS OR AMENDMENTS ARE MARKED* 
KEY INTEREST RATES      OVERNIGHT REPO     TWO-WEEK REPO 
 rate (pct)               3.25/6.25           4.75 
 last changed             SEPT 25, 2006       SEPT 25, 2006 
 former rate (pct)        3.00/6.00           4.50 
SLOVAK REAL GDP           Q4/06     Q3/06       Q4/05      FY/06 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +9.6      +9.8        +7.5       +8.3 
  Final consumption 
  Household               +6.1      +6.5        +6.5       +6.3 
  Government              +2.3      +1.2        -2.2       +4.1 
 Gross fixed capital 
  formation               +7.0      +6.7       +24.4       +7.3 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods  
  and services           +22.6     +23.8       +16.6      +20.7 
  imports of goods  
  and  services          +15.3     +22.9       +21.7      +17.8 
SLOVAK REAL GDP           2002    2003    2004     2005 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +4.1    +4.2    +5.4     +6.0 
 Final consumption 
  Household               +5.2    +0.1    +3.8     +7.2 
  Government              +5.2    +3.9    +2.0     -0.6 
 Gross fixed capital 
  formation               +0.3    -2.3    +5.0    +17.5 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods 
  and services            +4.7   +15.9    +7.9    +13.8 
  imports of goods 
  and  services           +4.6    +7.6    +8.8    +16.6 
C/A BALANCE             JAN-DEC 06               JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln)               -129.6                   -126.89 
C/A BALANCE           JAN-NOV 06    JAN-OCT     JAN-NOV 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Total                 -122.2       -113.9       -82.9 
 Foreign trade          -79.6        -71.0       -49.7 
 Service                +14.5        +14.8        +9.7 
 Income balance         -55.8        -56.3       -43.6 
 Current transfers       -1.3         -1.4        -0.6 
FOREIGN TRADE        DEC 06    NOV 06    DEC 05    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             110.369   130.493   109.232    1,327.127 
 Exports              97.894   121.118    82.977    1,235.009 
 Balance             -12.476    -9.374   -26.254      -92.118 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       1.0       24.2      36.9          23.9 
 nominal exports      18.0       19.9      21.1          24.2 
 
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI      JAN 07    DEC 06     JAN 06 
  pct change mo/mo        +1.0       0.0       +2.1 
  pct change yr/yr        +3.0      +4.2       +4.1 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo        +1.3       0.0       +1.1 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.9      +2.7       +1.9 
SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION       JAN 07      DEC 06      JAN 06 
  pct change mo/mo             +0.5         +0.1        +1.9 
  pct change yr/yr             +2.2         +3.7        +4.1 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET    end-FEB 07   end-FEB 06    FY 2007 PLAN 
  (SKK bln) 
  revenues               46.007        50.400         310.472 
  expenditure            54.537        44.053         348.858 
  balance                -8.530         6.347         -38.386 
PRODUCER PRICES              JAN 07      DEC 06      JAN 06 
 pct change month/month       -0.5       -0.8         +1.4 
 pct change year/year         +3.4       +5.4         +8.7 
*INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT       JAN 07       DEC 06        JAN 06 
 pct change yr/yr        +17.5         +9.0          +6.3 
*CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT       JAN 07      DEC 06     JAN 06 
 pct change yr/yr          +24.1       +17.6       +4.6 
*SELECTED SECTOR SALES    JAN 07   DEC 06    JAN 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 (pct change yr/yr) 
 Retail sales              0.9       7.4       6.6       8.8 
 Hotels and restaurants   -0.5       0.8      25.3      14.5 
 Vehicle sales 
 and maintenance          38.6      14.3       7.3      13.6 
*SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES  JAN 07   DEC 06   JAN 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 real pct change yr/yr     +8.6     +4.2     +0.6      +2.2 
 nominal pct change yr/yr  +11.9    +8.6     +4.7      +6.8 
SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES   DEC 06   NOV 06   DEC 05   JAN-DEC 06 
 real pct change yr/yr     +0.6     +0.5     +3.1      +1.2 
 nominal pct change yr/yr  +4.8     +4.8     +6.9      +5.8 
SLOVAK AVG WAGES           Q4/06     Q3/06    Q4/05    FY/06 
 real pct change yr/yr      3.9       2.7      4.7      3.3 
 nominal pct change yr/yr   8.2       7.7      8.4      8.0 
SLOVAK UNEMPLOYMENT            JAN 07    DEC 06    JAN 06 
 pct of available workforce     9.45      9.40     11.82 
SLOVAK GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
 ($ million)                   END-NOV/06   END-OCT/06 
 TOTAL                          31,521.1     30,458.6 
 LONG TERM DEBT                 16,744.0     15,548.6 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank          7,696.4      7,278.2 
  Commercial banks               1,494.0      1,342.8 
  Corporates                     7,553.6      6,927.6 
 SHORT TERM DEBT                14,771.1     14,910.0 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank              0.0          0.0 
  Commercial banks               5,415.1      6,036.8 
  Corporates                     9,362.0      8,873.2 
SLOVAK FOREIGN RESERVES      FEB 28     FEB 21     FEB 14 
  ($ million) 
  Central Bank              14,080.6   13,993.1   13,890.2 
  Commercial banks           2,182.5    3,045.4    3,022.6 
  Total banking sector      16,263.1   17,038.5   16,912.8 
    NOTE: Reserves data are calculated according to methodology 
compatible with European Central Bank standards. 
 
ECONOMIC FORECASTS 
              GDP          CPI             C/A         DATE 
           '06  '07    '06    '07       '06   '07 
 FinMin    +7.9 +8.1   +4.5   +2.2      -7.7  -3.8     Jan 31 
 Cbank     +8.2 +8.6   +3.7   +1.5      -6.7  -4.3     Jan 30 
 OECD      +8.2 +8.0   +4.5   +2.8      -6.4  -3.9     Nov 28 
 EU        +6.7 +7.2   +4.5   +3.4       n/f   n/f     Nov 6 
  
 Notes: 
 FinMin - Finance Ministry 
 NBS    - National Bank of Slovakia 
 OECD   - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 
 EU     - European Union 
 GDP - Real gross domestic product growth (pct change yr/yr) 
 CPI - Average annual change in consumer price index (pct). 
 C/A - Current account deficit (pct of GDP) 
 DATE - The date of the forecast release. 
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