Slovenian Economic Mirror

11.05.2005
Slovenian Economic Mirror

Contents

In the Spotlight - Spring Forecast	Compared to autumn forecasts, spring forecast of economic growth for 2005 remains unchanged; a slight upward revision of the 2006 forecast; lower inflation forecasts for both years
Balance of Payments	Continued high growth of trade in goods and services recorded at the beginning of the year
Price Trends	The gap between average inflation in Slovenia and the EU narrowed by 0.3 p.p. in the first three months of the year
Monetary Developments	The Bank of Slovenia's Board of Governors raised the price of temporary foreign exchange purchases by 0.25 p.p. in April
The Money Market -Savings	Low inflows into mutual funds
The Money Market - Loans	High growth rates of foreign currency loans to households, enterprises and OFO
Stock Exchange	Lower prices of shares on the Ljubljana Stock Exchange
Labour Market	Usual seasonal trends in employment and unemployment
General Government Revenues	The first three months registered modest real growth of general government revenue (1.6%)
Manufacturing	Business climate is deteriorating
Energy Sector	2005 began with net electricity imports due to the low hydro-electric output
Selected topics
Economy subjects	More economy subjects in 2004 than in the previous four years

	Data, Main Indicators, International Comparisons, Graphs