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Slovenia posted a trade deficit of EUR 990.5 million in February, compared to a surplus of EUR 230.2 million in the same period of the previous year, the statistics bureau announced.

Slovenia's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 2.2% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023, following an upwardly revised 1.3% rise in the previous three-month period, the Ljubljana-based Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) said on Wednesday, citing preliminary data.

Consumer confidence in Slovenia increased by 3 percentage points in January from the previous month, pointing to the highest reading since April 2022, but was still 5 percentage points (pp) lower than the long-term average, survey data from the Ljubljana-based Statistical Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) showed on Tuesday.

The annual inflation rate in Slovakia eased to 5.9% in December from 6.3% in the previous month, figures from the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistics Office (SÚSR) on Monday show.

Slovakia's annual inflation rate eased for the ninth consecutive month to 6.2% in November, down from an annual 7.1% in the previous month, data from the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Thursday.

Slovenia's annual inflation rate slowed to 4.9% in November from 6.9% in the previous month, figures from the Ljubljana-based Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) on Thursday show.

Slovenia's consumer confidence indicator improved by 1 percentage point (p.p.) on a monthly comparison basis in November, after remaining unchanged in the preceding month, Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SUSR) said in its survey on Wednesday.

The government backs, in principle, the majority position at the VKF, a forum of employers, unions, and the government, on raising the minimum wage by 15% for unskilled laborers and by 10% for skilled workers, Economic Development Minister Márton Nagy said in a statement issued by his ministry on Thursday.

The industrial confidence indicator in Slovakia dropped by 0.7 points from the previous month to -10 in October, marking the sixth consecutive month of negative readings, survey data from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Monday.

The seasonally adjusted business tendency in manufacturing in Slovenia fell slightly to -11 in October from -10 in the previous month, as current assessment continued to deteriorate for export order books (-29 vs -27 in September), as well as overall order books (-30 vs -26), a study from the Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) showed on Wednesday.