Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - April 2006
Contents
In the Spotlight - Spring Forecasts and Current Economic Trends | Favourable impact of increased investment activity and trends in the international environment on economic growth in 2006 |
International Environment - Economic Trends in the EMU | GDP growth in the euro area projected to step up in 2006 |
Balance of Payments | Substantial narrowing of the deficit in current transactions |
Price Trends & Policy | Inflation in March driven almost entirely by price rises of clothing and footwear |
The Money Market - Household Savings | The biggest drop of tolar household deposits in twelve months |
The Money Market - Loans | The highest net flows of loans to the non-banking sector since 1991 |
Stock Exchange | Indices on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange fell in Q1 |
General Government Revenue | Moderate growth of general government revenue in the first three months |
Labour Market | Registered unemployment in March was lower than a year ago |
Labour Market - Structure of Employment by Activity | Slovenia has one of the lowest shares of people employed in the service sector in the EU |
Earnings | The nominal drop in gross wages mainly due to the shorter working month |
Manufacturing | Strong production growth stimulated by the international environment |
Transport | In 2005 road freight transport again recorded robust growth |
Energy Sector | Robust growth in international trade of electricity |
Selected topics | |
Trust in Institutions | Low trust in political parties, the National Assembly, the church and clergy in Slovenia |
Economic Subjects | The number of individual private entrepreneurs surged in 2005 |
Agriculture and Food-Processing Industry - International Trade | 2005 saw rises in both exports and imports; increased trade with the EU countries |
Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs |