Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - August-September 2006
Contents
| In the Spotlight | Strong GDP growth in the first half of the year reflects the robust growth of exports and gross fixed capital formation |
| Autumn Forecasts of Economic Trends 2006 | The autumn forecast makes upward revisions to the spring projections of GDP growth and inflation for 2006-2008 |
| Competitiveness | Manufacturing's cost competitiveness continues to improve |
| Balance of Payments | The current account deficit rose despite the higher surplus in external trade |
| Trade in Services | Trade in services recorded a record-high surplus again |
| Price Trends & Policy | August's inflation resulted from price rises in liquid fuels, food, package holidays and electricity |
| Money Market - Loans | Data for July and August suggest a slowdown in lending activity |
| Money Market - Savings | Converging interest rates and early exchange of tolars to euros boost the growth of foreign currency savings |
| Labour Market | The labour market experienced the usual seasonal dynamics with employment being much higher than a year ago |
| Earnings | July's gross wages dropped due to lower gross earnings in the private sector |
| Manufacturing | Economic activity remained strong in Q3 |
| Construction | An increase in civil engineering construction |
| Private Consumption and Household Indebtedness | Private consumption rose by 3.4% in the first half of the year |
| Distributive Trades | Strong growth of value added also in Q2 |
| Tourism | Italians made most overnight stays in Slovenia while Germans' overnight stays continue to decline |
| Selected topics | |
| Education - Scholarships in Tertiary Education | The number of scholarship recipients rose in 2000-2005 while the share of recipients to total students dropped |
| Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs | |