Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - March 2005
Contents
| In the Spotlight | Average inflation, which is also used in the calculation of the Maastricht criterion, continued to slow down gradually in the first quarter |
| Development Report | Slovenia's development thus far has been positive but decidedly too slow |
| External Debt | The most extensive borrowing in 2004 was seen in the banking sector |
| Price Trends | After the rises seen in 2004, industrial producer price growth slowed down in the first two months of the year |
| Monetary Developments | Key monetary policy orientations remained unchanged in the first quarter |
| The Money Market -Savings | Tolar indexation clause appreciably reduced long-term deposit interest rates |
| The Money Market - Loans | Tolar loans were taken out only by households in February |
| Labour Market | A new methodology of collecting data on people in formal employment |
| General Government Expenditures | General government expenditure recorded a 5% real rise in 2004 |
| Agriculture & Food Processing - Prices | On average, food prices in CPI increased in 2004 despite lower producer prices of agricultural products and abolished customs duties on imports of agro-food products from the EU |
| Tourism | Italian guests replace German tourists at the top by the number of overnight stays in 2004 |
| Transport & Communications | Strong growth of road and maritime freight transport recorded in 2004 |
| Private Consumption | Last year saw a 3.5% real increase in private consumption |
| Selected topics | |
| Solvency | The number of insolvent legal entities rose in 2004 |
| Labour Market Flexibility | Slovenia's gap in the spread of flexible forms of employment due to low share of part-time employment |
| Ownership Consolidation in Slovenian Companies, 1999-2004 | Growing concentration of company ownership in the hands of largest shareholders |
| Employee Involvement in a European Company | Slovenia is late in transposing the Regulation on the Statute for a European Company (SE) and the Directive on the involvement of employees in SE to its national legislation |
| Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs | |