TABLE-Czech FinMin quarterly macroeconomic forecasts

...2008 (previous forecasts made in January 
in brackets). 
 
                                         2007          2008 
 GDP growth (pct)                     5.3  (5.0)    4.9  (5.0) 
 avg inflation (pct)                  2.1  (2.4)    3.2  (3.0) 
 avg unemployment (pct)               6.4  (6.7)    6.0  (6.5) 
 current account gap (pct/GDP)        3.5  (3.5)    2.4  (2.8) 
 trade balance (CZK bln)             82.0 (75.0)  109.0(101.0) 
 general govt deficit (pct/GDP)*      4.0           n/a 
 end-yr public debt (pct/gdp)        31.0           n/a 
 
    NOTE. The ministry released the forecasts on its official 
Web site: www.mfcr.cz 
    * The fiscal deficit projections are under the European 
Union's ESA 95 rules, used to track a member country's success 
in lowering its deficit below the limit of 3 percent of GDP to 
meet euro adoption rules. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/FORECASTS