June 1 (Reuters) - Slovak real gross domestic product rose
by 9.0 percent, year-on-year, in the first quarter of 2007,
slowing down from 9.6...
...percent in the last four months of 2006,
the Slovak Statistics Office said in Tuesday.
The first-quarter figure was revised slightly upwards from
the flash estimate of 8.9 percent growth the Statistics Office
reported in May.
SLOVAK REAL GDP Q1/07 Q4/06 Q1/06 FY/06
(pct change yr/yr) +9.0 +9.6 +6.7 +8.3
Final consumption
Household +6.5 +6.1 +6.6 +6.3
Government +2.4 +2.3 +7.8 +4.1
Gross fixed capital
formation +7.7 +7.0 +13.8 +7.3
Foreign trade balance
exports of goods
and services +24.1 +22.6 +17.7 +20.7
imports of goods
and services +17.7 +15.3 +19.6 +17.8
NOTE: The Statistics Office said in a statement it forecast
GDP growth of 8.8 percent for full-year 2007.
It also added that is saw headline inflation of 2.6 percent
at the end of 2007.
(Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava)
Keywords: SLOVAKIA GROWTH/