Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - April 2005
Contents
In the Spotlight - Spring Forecast | Compared to autumn forecasts, spring forecast of economic growth for 2005 remains unchanged; a slight upward revision of the 2006 forecast; lower inflation forecasts for both years |
Balance of Payments | Continued high growth of trade in goods and services recorded at the beginning of the year |
Price Trends | The gap between average inflation in Slovenia and the EU narrowed by 0.3 p.p. in the first three months of the year |
Monetary Developments | The Bank of Slovenia's Board of Governors raised the price of temporary foreign exchange purchases by 0.25 p.p. in April |
The Money Market -Savings | Low inflows into mutual funds |
The Money Market - Loans | High growth rates of foreign currency loans to households, enterprises and OFO |
Stock Exchange | Lower prices of shares on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange |
Labour Market | Usual seasonal trends in employment and unemployment |
General Government Revenues | The first three months registered modest real growth of general government revenue (1.6%) |
Manufacturing | Business climate is deteriorating |
Energy Sector | 2005 began with net electricity imports due to the low hydro-electric output |
Selected topics | |
Economy subjects | More economy subjects in 2004 than in the previous four years |
Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs |