Slovakia: economic indicators

	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996*
Private sector: % GDP	22	25	44	66	n/a
Growth rate: %	-6.4	-4.1	4.8	6.6	5.5
Unemployment: %	10.3	14.4	14.8	13.1	11.9
Inflation: %	9.1	25.1	11.7	7.2	6.1
Budget balance: % GDP	-12.8	-7.6	-1.4	0	n/a
Trade balance (US$m)	n/a	-912	109	23	n/a
Current account balance (US$m)	n/a	-580	719	635	n/a
Overall balance (US$m)	n/a	14	1,205	1,791	n/a
Net external debt (US$bn)	n/a	3.2	2.6	1.5	n/a
Foreign currency reserves: months' imports	n/a	0.9	2.5	3.8	n/a
National interest rates	n/a	14.41	14.56	15.64	n/a
Exchange rate (crowns:US$)	28.9	33	31.5	29.5	30.9

Source: EBRD, IMF and others