INDICATORS - Slovakia - Sept 20

                 (last updated on Sept 14) 
           NEW LISTINGS OR AMENDMENTS ARE MARKED* 
KEY INTEREST RATES     OVERNIGHT REPO     TWO-WEEK REPO 
 rate (pct)               3.00/6.00           4.50 
 last changed             July 25, 2006       July 25, 2006 
 former rate (pct)        3.00/5.00           4.00 
SLOVAK REAL GDP           Q2/06     Q1/06       Q2/05      FY/05 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +6.7      +6.3        +5.4       +6.1 
 Final consumption 
  Household               +5.9      +6.6        +7.5       +7.2 
  Government              +5.5      +6.7        -1.8       +0.5 
 Gross fixed capital 
  formation               +6.9     +16.1       +12.1      +13.8 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods  
  and services           +18.4     +18.0        +8.5      +13.5 
  imports of goods  
  and  services          +15.1     +20.8       +12.3      +15.5 
C/A BALANCE             Jan-June/06              Jan-June/05 
 (SKK bln)                -64.0                     -50.5 
C/A BALANCE         Jan-May/06       Jan-April/06   Jan-May/05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Total                -55.3             -38.2          -37.6 
 Foreign trade        -40.2             -33.6          -27.9 
 Service               +7.8              +6.7           +6.0 
 Income balance       -21.7              -8.5          -16.6 
 Current transfers     -1.2              -2.7           +0.9 
FOREIGN TRADE        JULY 06   JUNE 06   JULY 05   JAN-DEC 05 
 (SKK bln) 
 Imports             103.062   113.086    83.015    1,070.893 
 Exports              95.744   106.840    78.191      994.571 
 Balance              -7.318    -6.246    -4.825      -76.322 
DYNAMICS OF TRADE  
 (pct y/y change in SKK terms) 
 nominal imports      24.1       25.5       8.8          13.9 
 nominal exports      22.4       23.5      12.1          11.6 
SLOVAK HEADLINE CPI      AUG 06    JULY 06    AUG 05 
  pct change mo/mo         0.0      +0.2       -0.1 
  pct change yr/yr        +5.1      +5.0       +2.0 
SLOVAK CORE CPI 
  pct change mo/mo        -0.1       0.0       -0.1 
  pct change yr/yr        +2.8      +2.8       +0.7 
*SLOVAK EU-NORM INFLATION     Aug/06        July/06     Aug/05 
  pct change mo/mo             -0.1          +0.1        -0.1 
  pct change yr/yr             +5.0          +5.0        +2.1 
CENTRAL STATE BUDGET   Jan-Aug/06   Jan-Aug/05     FY 2006 PLAN 
 (SKK bln) 
 revenues               188.882       170.526         272.717 
 expenditure            194.598       175.591         330.185 
 balance                 -5.716        -5.065         -57.468 
PRODUCER PRICES           June 06    May 06     June 05 
 pct change month/month    +0.2       +0.8        +0.9 
 pct change year/year      +9.1       +9.9        +4.8 
INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT        July/06      June/06      July/05 
 pct change yr/yr         8.3          12.0          5.8 
CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT       July/06    June/06     July/05 
 pct change yr/yr           17.5       16.3        17.3 
SELECTED SECTOR SALES    JULY 06   JUNE 06  JULY 05   JAN-DEC 05 
 (pct change yr/yr) 
 Retail sales             +8.5     +10.7     +7.5       +9.7 
 Hotels and restaurants  +12.0     +14.4     +0.6        0.0 
 Vehicle sales 
 and maintenance         +12.2     +16.4     +6.8       +5.9 
SLOVAK INDUSTRIAL WAGES    JULY 06  JUNE 06  JULY 05  JAN-DEC 05 
 real pct change yr/yr      3.1       2.4      1.8       4.6 
 nominal pct change yr/yr   8.3       7.1      3.8       7.4 
SLOVAK AVG WAGES           Q2/06     Q1/06    Q2/05    FY/05 
 real pct change yr/yr      4.0       2.7      5.6      6.3 
 nominal pct change yr/yr   8.8       7.1      8.2      9.2 
SLOVAK UNEMPLOYMENT            Aug/06   July/06    July/05 
 pct of available workforce     9.85     10.20      10.88 
SLOVAK GROSS FOREIGN DEBT 
 ($ million)                  end-May/06        end-April/06 
 TOTAL                         31,030.5          28,891.3 
 LONG TERM DEBT                14,426.0          14,793.6 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank         6,850.0           7,361.6 
  Commercial banks              1,184.2           1,164.9 
  Corporates                    6,391.8           6,267.1 
 SHORT TERM DEBT               16,604.5          14,097.7 
  (of which) 
  Govt and central bank             8.1               7.9 
  Commercial banks              9,212.1           8,029.8 
  Corporates                    7,384.3           6,060.0 
*SLOVAK FOREIGN RESERVES     Sept 12       Sept 6       Aug 28 
  ($ million) 
  Central Bank              13,247.8      13,202.9     13,196.0 
  Commercial banks           3,462.3       3,599.8      3,078.2 
  Total banking sector      16,710.1      16,802.7     16,274.2 
   NOTE: The reserves data are calculated according to 
methodology compatible with European Central Bank standards. 
ECONOMIC FORECASTS 
              GDP          CPI             C/A         DATE 
           '06  '07    '06    '07       '06   '07 
 FinMin    +6.6 +7.1   +4.5   +2.5      -6.3 - 2.5     June 29 
 Cbank     +6.7 +7.1   +3.9   +2.8      -7.0  -4.3     July 25 
 OECD      +6.3 +6.3   +3.6   +2.2      -9.0  -7.0     May 23 
 Notes: 
 FinMin - Finance Ministry 
 NBS - National Bank of Slovakia 
 OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 
 GDP - Real gross domestic product growth (pct change yr/yr) 
 CPI - Average annual change in consumer price index (pct). 
 C/A - Current account deficit (pct of GDP) 
 DATE - The date of the forecast release. 
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