Slovakia
Economy
German PMI readings - which historically hold strong correlation with Slovakia's industrial production (IP) index - register a slight slowing in the deterioration in the index in December,...
2011-12-23Economy
While we have revised our forecasts for Slovakia's consumer price inflation (HICP) slightly upwards in 2011, bringing the average to 3.9%, from 3.7% previously, while we hold to our...
2011-10-20Economy
Growth in the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) quickened in August, coming in at 4.1% y-o-y in August, up from 3.8% in July. The 'food and non-alcoholic beverages' component...
2011-09-22Economy
The Slovak government has stated that they will be the last eurozone member to vote on proposed measures to extend the powers of the European Financial Stability Facility. With the...
2011-09-21Economy
We have revised up our forecast for joblessness in Slovakia this year to come in at 12.5%, up from 12.0%, bringing the average for 2011 to 12.5%, the same as in 2010. Our forecast revision...
2011-08-24Economy
The Slovak government has joined in with calls from Austria, Slovenia, and the Netherlands for collateral to be posted by Greece against loans extended. This move was instigated by...
2011-08-24Economy
We hold to our view that Slovakia is unlikely to block either an expansion of the EFSF or the ESM on its own, but expect this issue to test the cohesion of the centre-right coalition...
2011-08-08Economy
We hold to our forecast for Slovakia's consumer price inflation (HICP) to moderate in H211 and average 3.7% this year, with recent data from the Slovak Statistical Office (SSO) demonstrating...
2011-07-26



