INSTANT VIEW 1-Slovak Q4 GDP tops earlier flash estimate

    BRATISLAVA, March 6 (Reuters) - The Slovak economy grew by a 
real 9.6 percent, year-on-year, in the fourth quarter, the 
Slovak Statistics Office said on Tuesday. 
  
KEY POINTS 
 SLOVAK REAL GDP          Q4/06     Q3/06       Q4/05      FY/06 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +9.6      +9.8        +7.5       +8.3 
 (Full GDP table...................[ID:nPRG000255) 
- The fourth-quarter GDP figure is slightly above the statistics 
office's flash estimate of 9.5 percent reported last month. 
- The Statistics Office says it sees first half 2007 GDP growth 
at 8.5 percent year-on-year. 
- End-June 2007 headline CPI is seen at 2.6 percent 
year-on-year. 
     
BACKGROUND 
- The Slovak economy has been showing the highest growth rates 
among the four largest new EU members from central Europe over 
the past few years.  
- GDP growth has been helped by reviving domestic demand as 
households consumption rises after years of belt-tightening 
reforms. 
- Investments have also increased in the past year, mainly 
thanks to large project such as car factories of French PSA 
Peugeot  and South Korean Kia Motors . 
- The central bank does not consider fast GDP rise as major 
danger to inflation as economic growth appeares to be driven by 
rising productivity and exports. 
     
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