TABLE-Slovak Dec PPI -0.8 pct m/m, +5.4 pct y/y

    Slovak producer prices fell 0.8 percent 
month-on-month in December, lagging market expectations and 
putting the annual inflation rate for factory-gate costs (PPI) 
at 5.4 percent, data showed on Friday. 
 
PRODUCER PRICES              DEC 06      NOV 06      DEC 05 
 pct change month/month       -0.8       +0.4         -0.6 
 pct change year/year         +5.4       +5.6         +7.0 
 
    NOTE. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast producer 
prices to have risen by 0.1 percent month-on-month in December, 
for an annual rate of 6.3 percent  . All 
data are subject to revision. 
 
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