Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - June 2004
Contents
| In the Spotlight | The strong upturn in economic growth seen in the first quarter underpinned by accelerated growth in investment consumption and exports |
| Balance of Payments | Net capital inflows bigger than the current account deficit |
| Price Trends | Interruption in inflation's downward trend caused by higher liquid fuel prices, which also pushed inflation up in EMU countries |
| Monetary Developments | Slovenia has entered the exchange rate mechanism (ERM) II |
| The Money Market -Savings | May's fall in the Ljubljana Stock Exchange indexes did not hamper inflows into mutual funds |
| The Money Market - Loans | The volume of long-term tolar loans to enterprises and other financial organisations on the decrease |
| Labour Market | Employment growth continued, while dismissals for business reasons increased |
| Earnings | Wages in the private sector fell in April following March's strong growth |
| General Government Revenue | May's revenue fell after April's high final annual tax assessment |
| Manufacturing | Value-added growth seen in the first quarter in line with expectations |
| Tourism | More tourists stayed in Slovenia in the first few months than a year ago |
| Distributive Trades | A slight strengthening of value-added growth at the beginning of this year |
| Agricultural Production in 2003 | Drought reduced the crop, the value of agricultural output and value-added growth |
| Selected topics | |
| Tourism - Foreign Tourists in the Summer Season | A growing number of older tourists coming to Slovenia |
| Trade in Services - Regional Distribution | Imports of services from the countries of former Yugoslavia rose fastest |
| Commercial Companies | In 2003 net profits higher and net losses lower than in 2002 |
| Data, Main Indicators, Graphs | |