1998

Selected Macroeconomics Indicators

Indicator Unit 1998
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
REAL ECONOMY **)                          
Gross domestic product 1) 2) 5) 6) Sk billion     222.3     457.3     703.0     924.8
  Year-on-year change of GDP 3) %     8.0     6.9     6.5     4.4
Unemployment rate 4) % 13.4 13.6 13.4 13.2 12.9 13.5 14.1 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.5 15.6
Consumer prices 3) % 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.6 7.4 7.0 5.7 5.9 6.2 5.9 5.6
TRADE BALANCE 2) **)                          
Export (fob) Sk milion 24,346 54,027 87,179 117,431 147,155 180,815 211,858 242,521 276,497 310,128 346,046 377,807
Import (fob) Sk milion 29,836 64,700 104,222 143,028 179,364 220,634 258,167 295,031 333,341 377,806 420,199 460,736
Balance Sk milion -5,490 -10,673 -17,043 -25,597 -32,209 -39,819 -46,309 -52,510 -56,844 -67,678 -74,153 -82,929
STATE BUDGET 2) 4) ***)                          
Revenue Sk milion 16,398 25,991 43,939 60,841 73,202 86,356 103,590 116,150 131,154 145,760 162,302 177,835
Expenditure Sk milion 12,923 25,753 42,836 61,105 75,608 90,224 112,527 124,803 139,600 154,827 175,183 197,036
Balance Sk milion 3,475 238 1,103 -264 -2,406 -3,868 -8,937 -8,653 -8,446 -9,067 -12,881 -19,201

1) data at constant prices at chain-linked volumes with reference year 2000
2) Cumulative figures since the beginning of the year
3) Change compared with the same period of previous year
4) As the end of period
5) Method of ESA 95
6) The ECB methodology
7) Registered Unemployment Rate
* Preliminary data
** Source: Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic
*** Source: Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic