TABLE-Czech Q3 GDP +5.8 pct yr/yr, above forecast

    Dec 8 (Reuters) - The Czech Statistical Bureau (CSU) 
released on Friday the following preliminary third quarter 2006 
gross domestic product (GDP) data, as well as a revision for 
previously reported Q2 2006 and Q3 2005 data. 
 
CZECH GDP (in pct)           Q3/06      Q2/06      Q3/05 
 Real change yr/yr            5.8     6.0 (6.2)  6.0 (5.9) 
 Final consumption            2.0        n/a        n/a 
  Household                   4.0        n/a        n/a 
  Government                 -2.6        n/a        n/a 
 Gross capital formation     13.6        n/a        n/a 
  Fixed                       7.2        n/a        n/a 
 Foreign trade balance 
  exports of goods and 
       services              11.4        n/a        n/a 
 imports of goods and 
       services              10.6        n/a        n/a 
    NOTE. Earlier reported figure in brackets. Analysts had 
expected a 5.2 percent year-on-year rise in real GDP in third 
quarter, according to a Reuters poll <CZ/ECON04>. 
    GDP totalled 813.1 billion crowns for the third quarter in 
nominal terms. 
 
 (Reporting by Mirka Krufova in Prague) 
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  Keywords: CZECH ECONOMY/GDP