Main Economic Indicators of the Slovak Republic

		1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
							1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
GDP	%	-3.7	4.9	6.9	6.6	6.5			6.2			6.1
Industrial Output	%	-13.5	6.4	8.3	2.5	2.7	0.6	2.4	10.9	5.6	7.5	4.6	8.3	9.1	6.9
Construction Output	%	-32.4	-5.3	3.2	4.4	9.2	15.2	11.2	20.2	2.9	1.4	0.5	0.5	2.4	-9.6
CPI	%	23.2	13.4	9.9	5.8	6.1	7.2	7.5	7.2	7.0	7.6	7.4	7.0	5.7	5.9	6.2
unemployment	%	14.4	14.8	13.1	12.8	12.5	13.4	13.6	13.4	13.2	12.9	13.5	14.1	13.8	13.8
Money-Supply(M2)	%	18.5	18.6	20.7	16.8	8.7	15.7	11.6	9.2	9.0	9.6	8.5	9.0	7.9	5.6
Export	100mil.SKK	1677	2144	2551	2706	2956	243	485	776	1107	1406	1742	2052	2357	2691
Import	100mil.SKK	1950	2118	2608	3352	3450	297	645	1040	1421	1777	2177	2551	2918	3295
Trade Balance	100mil.SKK	-338	3	-57	-645	-495	-55	-112	-175	-258	-317	-380	-446	-508	-550
Trade Balance in % GDP	%	-7.8	0.5	-1.1	-11.2	-7.6			-10.5			-10.9
Current Account	mil.US$	-580	719	1690	-1941	-1347	-142	-332	-458	-713	-924	-1095	-1244
Current Account in % GDP	%	-5.0	4.8	2.3	-10.1	-6.9			-9.7			-11.0
State Budget Balance	100mil.SKK	-230	-229	-83	-256	-370	34.8	2.4	11.0	-2.6	-24.1	-38.7	-89.4	-86.5	-84.5
State Budget Balance in % GDP	%	-6.2	-5.2	-1.6	-4.4	-5.7			0.7			-1.1
Foreign Currency Reserves of NBS	bil. US$	0.4	1.7	3.4	3.4	3.3	3.2	3.2	3.1	3.3	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.6	3.1
Gross Foreign Debt	bil. US$	3.7	4.3	5.8	7.8	9.9	10.5	10.5	10.4	10.7	11.2	11.3		12.2