Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror
Slovenian Economic Mirror - November 2003
Contents
| In the Spotlight | The government and the Bank of Slovenia have prepared the Programme for Entering the ERM2 and Introducing the Euro |
| Balance of Payments | September’s current account surplus due to increased export growth |
| Competitiveness | Price and cost competitiveness improved in the third quarter |
| Price Trends | The rise in administered prices, with the exception of local utility prices, lagging behind the rise in freely-floating prices |
| Monetary Developments | The BS again cut its key interest rates in November |
| The Money Market -Savings | Long-term tolar deposits rose by 8.6% in real terms in September after increasing moderately in previous months |
| The Money Market - Loans | The lifting of restrictions on foreign currency borrowing may push this type of borrowing up |
| Labour Market | Relatively strong employment growth in September |
| Earnings | The gross wage per employee rose faster in the private sector due to the longer working month |
| General Government Revenue | Real growth in revenue was favourable in the first ten months |
| Manufacturing | Production on the upturn, business expectations remain uncertain |
| Construction | Construction activity also increased in the sector of individual private entrepreneurs |
| Transport and Communications | Transport work done by passenger cars and lorries increased in 2002 |
| Selected topics | |
| Co-operative Societies | Performance of co-operative societies improved in 2002 |
| Public Institutes -Financial Results | The health sector recorded both surplus revenues and surplus expenses |
| Public Institutes - Financing | Close to one-third of total revenues collected from private financial sources |
| Slovenia’s Location Attractiveness Acc. to IMD | Slovenia’s location attractiveness will have to be increased in innovation and R&D in order to promote the knowledge-based society |
| Social Cohesion Indicators -Income and Poverty | The risk of poverty rate is declining, inequality in income distribution is staying the same |
| Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs | |