The Slovak Finance Ministry released on Tuesday the following macroeconomic forecasts as part of its budget outlook for 2006-2009 (previous forecasts, if changed, in brackets): 2006 2007 2008 2009 GDP growth (pct) 7.9 8.1 (7.4) 5.6 (5.2) 5.1 CPI (pct) 4.5 2.2 (2.5) 1.9 (2.0) 2.4 C/A deficit 8.2 (7.7) 4.1 (3.8) 2.7 2.0 (2.1) Wages (pct) 3.5 (3.4) 4.3 (4.2) 4.0 3.7 NOTES: GDP - real gross domestic product CPI - average consumer inflation C/A - current account deficit (pct/GDP) Wages - average wage growth in real terms
[Reuters/Finance.cz]