(adds current account, wage forecasts) The following are the forecasts from the Slovak central bank's updated quarterly economic prognosis, announced on Tuesday. 2006 2007 2008 GDP growth (pct) 8.2 (6.8) 8.6 (7.2) 6.2 (5.7) HICP (pct) 3.7 1.5 (2.6) 2.0 (2.0) C/A gap (pct of GDP) 6.7 (7.0) 4.3 (4.3) 3.8 (4.1) real-Wages (pct) 3.4 (3.4) 5.1 (4.4) 4.2 (4.2) NOTE. Previous forecasts in brackets. HICP refers to EU-norm inflation. The central bank's target for EU-norm inflation at end-2006 was 2.5 percent. Target for end-2007 and end-2008 is 2.0 percent. ((editing by Alan Crosby; tel. +421 2 5341 8402 email: alan.crosby@reuters.com RM: alan.crosby.reuters.com@reuters.net)) Keywords: SLOVAKIA CBANK/FCASTS
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