TABLE-Slovak Q3 2006 GDP +9.8 pct yr/yr

    Dec 7 (Reuters) - Slovak real gross domestic product rose by 
9.8 percent, year-on-year, in the third quarter of 2006, 
accelerating from 6.7 percent growth in the second quarter, the 
Slovak Statistics Office said on Thursday. 
    The figure is exactly the same as what the bureau reported 
in its flash estimate last month. 
     
 SLOVAK REAL GDP          Q3/06     Q2/06       Q3/05      FY/05 
 (pct change yr/yr)       +9.8      +6.7        +6.3       +6.0 
 Final consumption 
  Household               +6.5      +5.9        +7.8       +7.2 
  Government              +1.2      +6.6        +2.2       -0.6 
 Gross fixed capital 
  formation               +6.7      +3.6       +21.0      +17.5 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods  
  and services           +23.8     +18.1       +19.5      +13.8 
  imports of goods  
  and  services          +22.9     +14.0       +17.7      +16.6 
    NOTE. Statistics Office said in a statement it forecast GDP 
growth of 7.7 percent for the whole of 2006, up from its 
previous estimate of 6.5 percent growth. It said first quarter 
2007 GDP growth is expected at 7.2 percent. 
    It also added that it saw headline CPI at 4.3 percent at the 
end of 2006, up from a previous forecast of 4.0 percent. 
 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
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