INDICATORS - Slovakia - May 9

...rate (pct)               2.25/5.75           4.25 
 last changed            APRIL 24, 2007     APRIL 24, 2007 
 former rate (pct)        2.50/6.00           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 07           JAN 07 
 (SKK bln)                 +7.7            -9.14 
C/A BALANCE           JAN-DEC 06    JAN-NOV 06  JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Total                 -135.6       -122.2      -126.9 
 Foreign trade          -91.6        -79.6       -76.0 
 Service                +19.7        +14.5        +9.9 
 Income balance         -62.1        -55.8       -61.3 
 Current transfers       -1.6         -1.3        +0.5 
FOREIGN TRADE         FEB 07    JAN 07    FEB 06    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             110.296   105.048    95.341    1,333.489 
 Exports             108.242   109.929    84.932    1,240.389 
 Balance              -2.054    +4.881   -10.409      -93.100 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE 
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      15.7       17.5      27.3          24.5 
 nominal exports      27.4       35.5      20.4          24.7 
 
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI      MARCH 07   FEB 07     MARCH 06 
  pct change mo/mo         0.0      +0.2        0.0 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.7      +2.7       +4.5 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo         0.0      +0.3        0.0 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.5      +2.5       +2.4 
SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION     MARCH 07      FEB 07     MARCH 06 
  pct change mo/mo             +0.1         +0.1         0.0 
  pct change yr/yr             +2.1         +2.0        +4.3 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET  JAN-APRIL/07  JAN-APRIL/06    FY 2007 PLAN 
  (SKK bln) 
  revenues              107.414        95.773         310.472 
  expenditure           108.931        95.593         348.858 
  balance                -1.517         0.180         -38.386 
PRODUCER PRICES             MARCH 07     FEB 07    MARCH 06 
 pct change month/month        0.0       +1.8        +0.7 
 pct change year/year         +3.1       +3.8        +9.9 
*INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT     MARCH 07      FEB 07      MARCH 06 
 pct change yr/yr       +12.5        +15.4        +14.4 
*CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT     MARCH 07     FEB 07    MARCH 06 
 pct change yr/yr         +16.1       +25.6      +18.0 
SELECTED SECTOR SALES     FEB 07   JAN 07    FEB 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 (pct change yr/yr) 
 Retail sales              4.6       0.9       6.5       8.8 
 Hotels and restaurants    0.9      -0.5      18.9      14.5 
 Vehicle sales 
 and maintenance          34.1      38.6       9.7      13.6 
SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES    FEB 07   JAN 07   FEB 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 real pct change yr/yr      +9.1     +8.6    -6.5      +2.2 
 nominal pct change yr/yr  +12.0    +11.9    -2.4      +6.8 
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            MARCH 07      FEB 07    MARCH 06 
 pct of workforce                8.89         9.20       11.48 
 number of available jobless    231,161     239,170     293,792 
SLOVAK GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
 ($ million)                   END-DEC/06  END-NOV/06 
 TOTAL                          32,205.9    31,521.1 
 LONG TERM DEBT                 16,649.7    16,744.0 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank          7,702.1     7,696.4 
  Commercial banks               1,559.2     1,494.0 
  Corporates                     7,338.4     7,553.6 
 SHORT TERM DEBT                15,556.2    14,771.1 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank              0.0         0.0 
  Commercial banks               6,148.8     5,415.1 
  Corporates                     9,407.4     9,362.0 
SLOVAK FOREIGN RESERVES      MAY 2      APRIL 25    APRIL 18 
 ($ million) 
 Central Bank              17,759.5     17,739.3    17,729.6 
 Commercial banks           2,224.1      2,426.3     4,403.0 
 Total banking sector      19,983.6     20,165.6    22,132.6 
  NOTE: Reserves data are calculated according to methodology 
compatible with European Central Bank standards. 
 
ECONOMIC FORECASTS 
              GDP       EU-NORM CPI       C/A         DATE 
           '07  '08     '07    '08      '07   '08 
 FinMin    +5.6 +5.1    +1.9   +2.4     -2.7  -2.0  April 25 
 Cbank     +8.9 +7.4    +1.3   +2.0     -4.3  -2.7  April 29 
 EC        +8.5 +6.5                                May 7 
 Notes: 
 FinMin - Finance Ministry 
 NBS    - National Bank of Slovakia 
 EC     - European Commission of the European Union 
 GDP - Real gross domestic product growth (pct change yr/yr) 
 CPI - Average annual change in consumer price index, calculated under the EU 
methodology (pct). 
 C/A - Current account deficit (pct of GDP) 
 DATE - The date of the forecast release.