July 31 (Reuters) - The following are the forecasts from the
Slovak central bank's updated quarterly economic prognosis,
announced on...
...Tuesday.
2007 2008 2009
GDP (pct) 8.9 (8.9) 7.5 (7.4) 6.9 (6.9)
HICP end-year (pct) 1.5 (1.3) 2.0 (2.0) 2.5 (2.5)
HICP year-avg (pct) 1.7 (1.5) 1.9 (1.9) 2.2 (2.2)
C/A (pct of GDP) -4.7 (-4.3) -3.1 (-2.7) -1.5 (-0.9)
Real wages (pct) 4.7 (4.9) 4.8 (4.8) 5.1 (4.9)
NOTE. Previous forecasts in brackets. HICP refers to EU-norm
inflation. The central bank's target for EU-norm at end-2007 and
end-2008 is 2.0 percent.