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Slovenia remains among EU countries with the greatest deteriorations in cost competitiveness during the crisis
Amid a steady deterioration of economic conditions and continued tensions on financial markets, at the end of January the IMF also cut its forecast for euro area economic growth in 2012. Economic activity in the euro area slowed further in the last…
At the end of the year, a further deterioration of labour market conditions and weak economic activity
The forecasts for 2012 economic growth in Slovenia’s main trading partners continued to decline in December. In December, the ECB revised downwards its forecast for economic growth in 2012 to the interval between -0.4% and 1.0%. The Consensus…
The third quarter was marked by a deterioration of economic conditions and prospects
Prospects for economic growth in the euro area have deteriorated significantly. Sentiment indicators show a moderation of the already weak GDP growth in the euro area in the last quarter of this year. In November, the EC and OECD thus revised…
Slovenian Economic Mirror
International institutions expect the economic situation in the euro area to deteriorate further by the end of the years. They are also significantly reducing the forecasts for economic growth in 2012. The current indicators of economic activity in…
1.5% economic growth expected this year; slowdown on the labour market, deterioration of the situation in the financial sector
In 2011, GDP growth will maintain a similar level as last year, 1.5%. The public finance situation and the financial environment will also affect the relatively slow recovery of Slovenia’s economy next year. The growth of foreign demand, the main…
Easing of labor market conditions at low levels
Despite the expected slowdown in the second half of the year, the most recent forecasts by international institutions for this year’s economic growth in the euro area are higher than in the spring, which is a consequence of a better realisation in…
Slovenian Economic Mirror
International institutions improved significantly their forecasts for this year’s GDP growth in Slovenia’s main trading partners, mainly due to higher‐than-expected growth in the first quarter of the year. The ECB revised upwards its forecast for the…
Slovenian Economic Mirror: Recovery in Slovania slower than in the EU; loan growth remains modest
Economic growth in the euro area accelerated in the first quarter and GDP was 2.5% higher y-o-y. GDP growth in the euro area strengthened in the first quarter (0.8%, seasonally adjusted) particularly as a result of high growth in Germany and France.…
Improvement in competitiveness still smaller than in the euro area average
Most international institutions expect growth in the world economy to be slightly lower this year than in 2010, but nevertheless higher than the autumn forecasts. The IMF projects that the world economy will grow at a 4.4% rate in 2011 and at a 4.5%…
Spring Forecast of Economic Trends 2011: 2.2% economic growth this year; the deterioration on the labour market less pronounced than last year
Amid the stimulating impacts from the external environment and a relatively large contribution of changes in inventories, gross domestic product increased by 1.2% in 2010. The positive signals from foreign demand that started to boost economic…