INDICATORS - Slovakia - Oct 19

...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-JULY/07      JAN-JULY/06 
 (SKK bln)                  -40.5            -85.75 
C/A BALANCE            JAN-JUNE/07   JAN-JUNE/06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Total                   -40.4        -61.9 
 Foreign trade           -14.1        -45.5 
 Service                  +6.8         +8.2 
 Income balance          -25.8        -28.6 
 Current transfers        -7.3         +3.9 
FOREIGN TRADE        AUG 07    JULY 07    AUG 06    JAN-DEC 06 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             114.780   115.088    109.111   1,308,143 
 Exports             107.214   112.578    105.414   1,232.887 
 Balance              -7.565    -2.510     -3.697     -75.256 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE 
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports       5.2       13.2       N/A         N/A 
 nominal exports       1.7       12.3       N/A         N/A 
SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION      SEPT 07    AUG 07     SEPT 06 
  pct change mo/mo             +0.3       -0.1       -0.2 
  pct change yr/yr             +1.7       +1.2       +4.5 
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI     SEPT 07     AUG 07     SEPT 06 
  pct change mo/mo       +0.2        +0.1       -0.3 
  pct change yr/yr       +2.8        +2.3       +4.6 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo       +0.2         0.0       -0.3 
  pct change yr/yr       +3.0        +2.4       +2.4 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET   JAN-SEPT/07   JAN-SEPT/06    FY 2007 PLAN 
  (SKK bln) 
  revenues              228.545       212.166         310.472 
  expenditure           229.160       217.300         348.858 
  balance                -0.615        -5.134         -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        AUG 07    JULY 07     AUG 06 
 pct change yr/yr        +5.7       +17.3      +14.3 
CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT      AUG 07    JULY 07     AUG 06 
 pct change yr/yr        -1.7       +4.8       +21.1 
SELECTED SECTOR SALES     AUG 07   JULY 07    AUG 06  JAN-DEC 06 
 (pct change yr/yr) 
 Retail sales              5.1       5.9       8.0       8.8 
 Hotels and restaurants   -2.1      -4.4      11.4      14.5 
 Vehicle sales 
 and maintenance          25.0      26.9      10.5      13.6 
SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES    AUG 07   JULY 07   AUG 06  JAN-DEC 06 
 real pct change yr/yr      2.8      3.5       1.9       2.2 
 nominal pct change yr/yr   5.2      5.9       7.1       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              SEPT 07     AUG 07    SEPT 06 
 pct of workforce                 8.30        8.19       9.75 
 number of available jobless     215,973     212,905   249,446 
SLOVAK GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
 ($ million)                  END-JUNE/07       END-MAY/07 
TOTAL                          36,665.8          36,690.5 
LONG TERM DEBT                 18,386.8          18,432.6 
 (of which) 
 Govt and central bank          9,074.6           9,017.0 
 Commercial banks               1,784.3           1,845.2 
 Corporates                     7,527.9           7,570.4 
SHORT TERM DEBT                18,269.0          18,257.9 
 (of which) 
 Govt and central bank              0.0               0.0 
 Commercial banks               8,826.6           8,687.9 
 Corporates                     9,442.4           9,570.0 
*SLOVAK FOREIGN RESERVES     OCT 17      OCT 10      OCT 3 
 ($ million) 
 Central Bank               18,500.0    18,341.8    18,456.5 
 Commercial banks            2,557.3     2,393.0     2,202.0 
 Total banking sector       21,057.3    20,734.8    20,658.5 
    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    +8.8 +6.8    +1.6   +1.8     -4.0  -2.6  Sept 13 
 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.