TABLE-Slovak Feb CPI +0.2 m/m, +2.7 pct y/y

...Statistics Office said on Tuesday. 
     
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI      FEB 07    JAN 07     FEB 06 
  pct change mo/mo        +0.2      +1.0       +0.6 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.7      +3.0       +4.4 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo        +0.3      +1.3       +0.7 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.5      +2.9       +2.2 
 
    NOTE. The data were calculated according to Slovak 
methodology. 
    Analysts in a Reuters poll predicted consumer prices to have 
risen by 0.3 percent on the month in February for an annual 
inflation rate of 2.7 percent. 
    Core inflation was forecast to have risen by 0.3 percent 
month-on-month, and 2.5 percent year-on-year  
. 
 
 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
  
  
  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/INFLATION