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Assessment of the economic situation on 23 March 2020: The depth of the GDP decline is crucially dependent on the further development of the spread of the coronavirus epidemic, its duration and the adopted and future measures.
The Spring Forecast of Economic Trends 2020 published by IMAD on 12 March 2020 was prepared in the first week of March. On the basis of facts and...
Spring forecast 2020: This year economic growth will be significantly lower than projected in the autumn; the forecast is crucially affected by the speed of coronavirus containment and government measures.
The spring forecast was made at the time of significant uncertainties regarding the further spread and duration of the coronavirus outbreak in...
Current economic trends from 24 to 28 February 2020: GDP, active and inactive population, prices and others
Economic growth slowed down last year, particularly growth in investment and exports being lower year on year. Amid still relatively favourable labour...
Current economic trend from 17 to 21 February 2020: labour market and wages
Last year’s employment growth mainly reflected the increased hiring of foreign workers, while higher wage growth arose largely from wage rises in the...
Current economic trends from 10 to 14 February 2020: production volume in manufacturing, construction, current account of the balance of payments
Growth in manufacturing production was low last year amid weak growth in foreign demand. Modest growth was also recorded for construction activity,...
Economic Mirror: In Slovenia, moderate economic activity continued towards the end of last year; internationally, economic sentiment indicators indicate improvement
At the end of last year, moderate economic activity in Slovenia continued, while confidence started to improve. Confidence improved in almost all...
Current economic trends from 3 to 7 February 2020: consumer prices, exports and imports of goods
External trade movements slowed further in the last quarter of 2019. Particularly trade in intermediate goods eased last year, as activity in...
Economic Mirror: In the global economy, signs of stabilisation towards the end of the year; in Slovenia, a further strengthening of private consumption
Towards the end of last year, signs of stabilisation started to show in the global economy amid slightly less pronounced negative risks. The...
Current economic trends from 16 to 20 December 2019: current account, labour market, wages, Slovenian industrial producer prices...
The growth of employment and the decline in unemployment continue, but at a less intense pace than last year. The deterioration of economic sentiment...
Current economic trends from 9 to 13 December 2019: manufacturing production, exports and imports of goods, construction
With slower growth in demand, production volume in manufacturing has not changed significantly this year, having strengthened only in high-technology...