Current Economic Trends
At least once a week, we present interesting and relevant data released by domestic institutions (Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia, Bank of Slovenia, etc.). On the basis of data by international institutions (for example, Eurostat, the European Central Bank and Euribor.org), we also prepare an overview of key macroeconomic indicators for the euro area.
Current economic trends from 1 to 3 July 2020: bond, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, electricity consumption and registered unemployment
Yields to maturity on bonds of peripheral countries, including the Slovenian 10-year bond, increased noticeably in the second quarter. Based on data...
Current economic trends from 22 to 30 June 2020: economic sentiment, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, electricity consumption, registered unemployment and other charts
After a pronounced deterioration during the epidemic, economic sentiment in Slovenia improved somewhat in June for the second consecutive month but...
Current economic trends from 15 to 19 June 2020: traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, electricity consumption, labour market, wages and other charts
Based on data on freight traffic and electricity consumption, we estimate that in the middle of June economic activity in Slovenia was still...
Current economic trends from 8 to 12 June 2020: exports and imports of goods, production volume in manufacturing, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and other charts
As a result of measures to contain COVID-19 in Slovenia and most EU countries, the decline in goods trade deepened significantly in April. A fall in...
Current economic trends from 1 to 5 June 2020: registered unemployment, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and electricity consumption
The number of registered unemployed persons, which had increased by around one sixth (to slightly more than 90,000) from the beginning of the epidemic...
Current economic trends from 25 to 29 May 2020: GDP, trade, market services, economic sentiment and other charts
With the outbreak of the COVID-19 epidemic and the adoption of containment measures in March, economic growth dropped considerably in the first...
Current economic trends from 18 to 22 May 2020: labour market, wages, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles, electricity consumption and Slovenian industrial producer prices
After the adoption of measures to contain the COVID-19 epidemic, economic activity started to decline markedly and labour market conditions...
Current economic trends from 11 to 15 May 2020: production volume in manufacturing, construction, registered unemployment, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles and others
The coronavirus epidemic and measures to contain its spread in Slovenia and EU countries significantly affected the decline in goods and services...
Current economic trends from 4 to 8 May 2020: registered unemployment, exports and imports of goods, electricity consumption and traffic of electronically tolled vehicles
Growth in the number of registered unemployed persons, which was extremely high particularly in the first half of April, has slowed in recent weeks....
Current economic trends from 28 to 30 April 2020: electricity consumption, traffic of electronically tolled vehicles on Slovenian motorways, consumer prices and yields to maturity of 10-year government bonds
After Easter, freight traffic on Slovenian motorways started to increase again, which is also a consequence of the relaxation of measures to stem the...