TABLE-Slovak Q4 GDP forecast at +8.1 pct y/y

    Slovak economic growth probably 
decelerated to 8.1 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 
2006, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday. 
     
SLOVAK REAL GDP 
FORECASTS             Q4/2006   FULL YEAR 2006 
(pct chg yr/yr) 
Median                  8.1         7.9 
Average                 8.5         8.0 
Minimum                 7.8         7.8 
Maximum                10.0         8.4 
Mode                    9.5         7.8 
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Individual responses                        Q4/2006     2006 
1)  Citigroup             Miroslav Plojhar     9.5      8.2 
2)  CSOB                  Silvia Cechovicova   8.0      7.8 
3)  Danske Bank           Stanislava Pravdova  8.3      7.8 
4)  ING Bank              Jan Toth             8.1      7.9 
5)  Komercni Banka        Miroslav Frayer     10.0      8.3 
6)  PPF Asset Management  Martin Pohl          9.5      8.4 
7)  Slovenska Sporitelna  Maria Valachyova     8.0      7.9 
8)  Tatra Banka           Juraj Valachy        7.9      7.8 
9)  Unibanka              Lubomir Korsnak      7.8      7.8 
10) VUB                   Martin Lenko         8.1      7.9 
11) 4cast                 Nicholas Kennedy     8.3      n/f 
  
    NOTE. The Slovak Statistics Office is scheduled to release 
the preliminary GDP data at 9 a.m. (0800 GMT) on Feb 13. 
    (Reporting by Martin Santa in Bratislava) 
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