INDICATORS - Slovakia - Sept 7

...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          Q2/07           Q1/07     Q2/07 fcast 
  (pct change y/y)        +9.4            +9.0        +9.4 
*SLOVAK REAL GDP          Q2/07     Q1/07       Q2/06      FY/06 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +9.4      +9.0        +6.7       +8.3 
  Final consumption 
  Household               +7.3      +6.5        +5.9       +6.3 
  Government              +1.1      +2.4        +6.6       +4.1 
 Gross fixed capital 
  formation               +6.3      +7.7        +3.6       +7.3 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods  
  and services           +18.0     +24.1       +18.1      +20.7 
  imports of goods  
  and  services          +14.1     +17.7       +14.0      +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-JUNE/07      JAN-JUNE/06 
 (SKK bln)                 -19.1            -61.87 
C/A BALANCE           JAN-MAY/07  JAN-MAY/06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Total                 -17.1        -54.4 
 Foreign trade          -6.3        -39.3 
 Service                +4.6         +7.8 
 Income balance         -8.8        -21.7 
 Current transfers      -6.5         -1.2 
FOREIGN TRADE        JUNE 07    MAY 07   JUNE 06   JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             120.714   125.636   113.706    1,333.489 
 Exports             116.202   121.359   108.908    1,240.389 
 Balance              -4.513    -4.277    -4.799      -93.100 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE 
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       6.2       12.6      26.8          25.3 
 nominal exports       6.7       16.8      26.2          25.3 
SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION      JULY 07     JUNE 07     JULY 06 
  pct change mo/mo             -0.1        +0.1        +0.1 
  pct change yr/yr             +1.2        +1.5        +5.0 
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI     JULY 07     JUNE 07    JULY 06 
  pct change mo/mo        0.0        +0.3       +0.2 
  pct change yr/yr       +2.3        +2.5       +5.0 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo       -0.1        +0.4        0.0 
  pct change yr/yr       +2.4        +2.5       +2.8 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET   JAN-AUG 07    JAN-AUG 06    FY 2007 PLAN 
  (SKK bln) 
  revenues              206.309       188.882         310.472 
  expenditure           205.907       194.598         348.858 
  balance                 0.402        -5.716         -38.386 
PRODUCER PRICES              JULY 07    JUNE 07     JULY 06 
 pct change month/month       +0.5       +0.3        +0.5 
 pct change year/year         +1.3       +1.3        +8.9 
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT       JUNE 07     MAY 07       JUNE 06 
 pct change yr/yr        +12.0      +17.4         +12.0 
CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT     JUNE 07     MAY 07       JUNE 06 
 pct change yr/yr         +1.7       +5.0         +16.3 
SELECTED SECTOR SALES   JUNE 07    MAY 07   JUNE 06  JAN-DEC 06 
 (pct change yr/yr) 
 Retail sales              7.5       9.7      10.7       8.8 
 Hotels and restaurants   -2.2      -1.9      14.4      14.5 
 Vehicle sales 
 and maintenance          13.6      28.6      16.4      13.6 
SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES  JUNE 07    MAY 07  JUNE 06  JAN-DEC 06 
 real pct change yr/yr      2.3      6.8       2.2       2.2 
 nominal pct change yr/yr   4.9      9.3       6.9       6.8 
SLOVAK AVG WAGES           Q1/07     Q4/06    Q1/06    FY/06 
 real pct change yr/yr     +4.2      +3.9     +2.7      3.3 
 nominal pct change yr/yr  +7.1      +8.2     +7.1      8.0 
SLOVAK UNEMPLOYMENT            JULY 07    JUNE 07   JULY 06 
 pct of workforce                8.30       8.33     10.20 
 number of available jobless   215,789    216,518   260,918 
SLOVAK GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
($ million)                   END-MAY/07      END-APRIL/07 
 TOTAL                         36,690.5         37,027.9 
LONG TERM DEBT                 18,432.6         17,648.6 
   (of which) 
 Govt and central bank         9,017.0           7,887.4 
 Commercial banks              1,845.2           1,831.9 
 Corporates                    7,570.4           7,929.3 
SHORT TERM DEBT               18,257.9          19,379.3 
   (of which)    
 Govt and central bank             0.0               0.0 
 Commercial banks              8,687.9           9,637.9 
 Corporates                    9,570.0           9,741.4 
SLOVAK FOREIGN RESERVES      AUG 28       AUG 22       AUG 15 
 ($ million) 
 Central Bank               17,847.2     17,694.9     17,786.0 
 Commercial banks            2,101.6      2,150.1      2,293.8 
 Total banking sector       19,948.8     19,845.0     20,079.8 
 
    ECONOMIC FORECASTS 
              GDP       EU-NORM CPI       C/A         DATE 
           '07  '08     '07    '08      '07   '08 
 FinMin    +8.8 +6.8    +1.7   +1.9     -4.0  -2.6  June 20 
 Cbank     +8.9 +7.5    +1.5   +2.0     -4.7  -3.1  July 31 
 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.