Stats Office: Record economic growth still healthy

The Statistics Office on March 4 stated that it views the development of Slovakia's economy in 2007 as positive, and hasn't observed any signs of the national economy becoming overheated, the TASR newswire wrote.

The Statistics Office on March 4 stated that it views the development of Slovakia's economy in 2007 as positive, and hasn't observed any signs of the national economy becoming overheated, the TASR newswire wrote.

"The positive development in the Slovak economy in 2007 was characterised by high year-on-year GDP growth, labour productivity growth, higher salaries in real terms, improving parameters in foreign trade, employment growth and at the same time reduced unemployment," stats office head Ľubica Benkovičová said at a news conference.

The country's GDP for the year reached Sk1.851 trillion (€57.13 billion) according to an adjusted estimate. Benkovičová added that growth in 2007 accelerated from 8.3 percent in the first quarter to 14.3 percent in the final quarter. Slovakia's surprisingly rapid GDP growth in the final quarter was caused mainly by a higher-than-expected increase in excise taxes on cigarettes as of January, which prompted people to stock up in advance. TASR

Compiled by Zuzana Vilikovská from press reports

The Slovak Spectator cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information presented in its Flash News postings.

Top stories

Volt Slovensko will participate in the 2024 European elections.

News digest: New Globsec survey confirms Slovak affinity for Russian propaganda

Police from Roma abuse case to face court again, Germany pulling its Patriot, and an interview with a Nobel Prize winner.


11 h
Jupiter (centre) and its Galilean moons: from left Ganymede, Io, Europa and Callisto. Juice with deployed antennas and arrays is in the bottom right.

From Košice to Ganymede: Slovak engineers are leaving their mark in space

Slovaks are active participants in two ongoing space missions.


20. may
The Swedish Radio building.

While Sweden moves to protect journalists more, Slovakia waits for politicians to act

Journalists in both countries are facing more harassment, polls show.


14 h
Emmanuelle Charpentier.

Nobel Prize winner: Pandemic threat from bacteria, fungi, is not just sci-fi

Emmanuelle Charpentier in Bratislava to promote top science festival.


19 h
SkryťClose ad