INSTANT VIEW 1-Slovak Dec ind output matches mkt fcast

    Slovak industrial output rose 
by a real 8.9 percent year-on-year in December, slowing from a 
9.8 percent increase in November, Slovak Statistics Office said 
on Thursday. 
  
KEY POINTS: 
 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT      DEC 06     DEC 06 FCASTS 
 pct change yr/yr       +8.9          +8.9 
 
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- Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected industrial 
output to have risen by 8.9 percent on an annual basis in 
December  . 
- Manufacturing production, which has the strongest weighting in 
the index, rises 12.5 percent on the year in December, down from 
a 13.0 percent increase in the previous month. 
- Mining returns to negative territory, falling by 9.7 percent, 
after an 1.7 percent rise in November. 
- Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water 
falls by 7.3 percent, compared with a 9.3 percent drop in 
November. 
- Within manufacturing output, car production surges by 73.5 
percent from a year ago, after a 51.3 percent jump in 
November. 
- The automotive industry is the main pillar of Slovakia's 
economy. 
     
LINKS: 
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past data, Reuters 3000 Xtra users can click on the Slovak 
Statistics Office's website: 
    http://wwww.statistics.sk/webdata/english/index2_a.htm 
     
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 (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
  ((Editing by Alan Crosby; bratislava.newsroom@reuters.com; 
Reuters Messaging: martin.santa.reuters.com@reuters.net; +421 2 
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  Keywords: SLOVAKIA ECONOMY/OUTPUT  
    

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