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Slovenian Economic Mirror 4/2023
The value of some short-term economic indicators for Slovenia relating to international trade in goods and manufacturing declined in April. Trade in services showed an upward trend, mainly due to a significant recovery in trade in tourism-related services. Turnover in market services also increased in the first quarter, particularly in professional and technical services and architectural and…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 3/2023
Growth in economic activity in the first quarter was driven by household consumption, construction investment and growth in most services, where the post-COVID-19 recovery continues in some sectors. Activity in the export-oriented part of the economy was weak but trade in services, especially travel, has picked up. Employment of foreign workers was the largest contributor to overall growth in the…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 2/2023
Short-term indicators of economic activity for Slovenia point to weak growth at the beginning of the year in the export-oriented part of the economy and in most services, except in retail trade, and to further strengthening in construction. After several months of contraction, trade in goods increased in February, but remained lower than a year ago. Manufacturing output was higher in the first two…
Spring Forecast of Economic Trends 2023
Since autumn, uncertainty about energy supply and prices started to recede and the outlook for economic growth in Slovenia’s main trading partners has improved accordingly, although it will remain significantly lower this year and in the next two years than last year. Economic growth in Slovenia is also expected to slow significantly this year (from 5.4% last year to 1.8%), but will exceed our…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 1/2023
In the fourth quarter of last year, the slowdown in economic activity continued in most sectors. Turnover in trade and other market services decreased in October. Exports of goods to EU Member States also continued to decline and the slow pick-up in manufacturing activity seen in previous quarters came to a halt in November. The value of construction put in place had increased significantly…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 9/2022
Economic growth slowed in most activities at the beginning of the last quarter of this year. Exports of goods to EU Member States fell for the second month in a row. At the beginning of the last quarter, manufacturing output rose in high-technology activities, while it fell or remained roughly unchanged in other activity groups. Household expenditure was slightly lower than in previous months,…
Productivity Report 2022
Slovenia is gradually making progress in productivity and most of its key factors, but its structural development in terms of transition to innovation-driven growth and circular economy is too slow, and the modernisation and transformation processes are too shallow. This is reflected in the relatively slow narrowing of the development gap with the EU average, the still large development gap with…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 8/2022
In the third quarter of this year, GDP in Slovenia fell by 1.4% compared to the second quarter, and the year-on-year growth (3.4%) was lower than in the first half of the year and in line with IMAD’s expectations in its Autumn Forecast of 5% GDP growth for 2022. Household consumption growth, which was driven mainly by the sale of non-food products and services, moderated year-on-year in the summer…
Slovenian Economic Mirror 7/2022
Prospects for economic growth in the euro area have deteriorated amid strong inflationary pressures, energy crisis and monetary tightening. According to September confidence indicators, economic activity in the euro area contracted and consumer confidence reached its lowest level. In Slovenia, similar to other countries, the value of the economic sentiment indicator fell significantly in September…
Autumn Forecast of Economic Trends 2022
The Forecast was prepared under conditions of great uncertainty, mainly related to the situation on the energy markets, which is deteriorating as the war in Ukraine continues, contributing to the worsening of the economic outlook for Slovenia’s main trading partners. In the Autumn Forecast, IMAD predicts GDP growth of 5% for this year, which is 0.8 p.p. more than was predicted in the spring,…