TABLE-Czechs cut 2006 deficit estimate to 2.7 pct/GDP

...                       2006             2005            2004 
 General government 
  deficit (pct/GDP)                2.69  (2.95)     3.49  (3.53)    2.89  (2.91) 
 Net borrowing (deficit) 
  of general govt (CZK bln)      -86.9 (-94.5)   -104.4(-104.8)   -81.4 (-80.9) 
 General govt consolidated 
  gross debt (CZK bln)           973.0 (973.0)    903.5 (903.5)   855.1 (855.1) 
 General government 
  debt (pct/GDP)                  30.1  (30.4)     30.2  (30.4)    30.4  (30.7) 
 
    NOTE. The numbers were part of a report, the so-called notification, on 
public debt and deficit levels which each European Union member state submits to 
Brussels twice a year. 
    Data in brackets were reported in the previous notification in April. 
    The EU's executive body, the European Commission, is expected to review the 
data on Oct. 22. 
    All figures were calculated under the EU-harmonised ESA 1995 methodology. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
  
  
  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/DEFICIT  
    

[Reuters/Finance.cz]