2008

Selected Macroeconomics Indicators

IndicatorUnit2008
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REAL ECONOMY **)
Gross domestic product 1) 2) 5) *) Sk billion 343.8* 720.0* 1 125.3*
Year-on-year change of GDP 2) 3) % 9.3* 8.6* 7.0*
Unemployment rate 4) 7) % 8.1 7.8 7.6 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.8 8.4
Year-on-year rate of inflation (HICP) 6) % 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 3.5
Year-on-year rate of inflation (CPI) % 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.1 4.9 4.4
TRADE BALANCE 2) *) **)
Export (fob) Sk milion 125,161 257,070 383,421 518,137 646,108 776,882 900,619 1,011,915 1,145,265 1,287,259 1,404,698 1,493,220
Import (fob) Sk milion 123,938 255,657 383,800 525,561 650,143 782,955 910,004 1,019,192 1,152,156 1,290,924 1,413,672 1,512,998
Balance Sk milion 1,223 1,413 -379 -7,424 -4,035 -6,072 -9,386 -7,277 -6,892 -3,664 -8,974 -19,778
STATE BUDGET 2) 4) ***)
Revenue Sk milion 35,003 51,538 80,968 113,430 133,278 156,208 186,759 238,825 241,867 274,939 307,081 342 003
Expenditure Sk milion 21,970 49,983 77,542 105,671 136,375 160,323 187,373 236,747 237,549 267,057 297,504 363 217
Balance Sk milion 13,033 1,555 3,426 7,759 -3,097 -4,115 -614 2,078 4,317 7,882 9,577 -21 214

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