New Market Report Now Available: Slovakia Business Forecast Report Q2 2014

Recently published research from Business Monitor International, "Slovakia Business Forecast Report Q2 2014", is now available at Fast Market Research

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Boston, MA -- (SBWire) -- 02/20/2014 --Prime Minister Robert Fico will continue to benefit from his party's outright majority in parliament, which has eased the policy formation and implementation process. While this is positive for political stability in the short term, it does not provide much space for consensus politics, with Fico's tax and welfare reforms likely to keep investors cautious.

The short-term economic picture has brightened as export growth remained solid amid a slowdown in regional growth, and household spending showed the first signs of a recovery.

The government will continue with its fiscal consolidation plan, with a shrinking deficit likely to buoy market sentiment. Creeping public debt will remain a concern for the authorities, however.

Major Forecast Changes

We have revised up our real GDP growth forecast for 2014 and 2015 to 2.2% and 2.8% respectively, from 2.0% and 2.6% previously. This is based on strong industrial production and retails sales readings in H213 that point to a more broad based economic recovery taking hold.

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Our forecast for Slovakia's fiscal trajectory has been revised to reflect the governments updated medium-term budget objectives, which include a slower pace of deficit consolidation. While we previously saw the budget deficit falling to 2.1% of GDP by 2015, our forecast currently stands at 2.6%.

Key Risks To Outlook

The risks to our short-term growth forecast are well balanced, and largely based on ongoing uncertainty over the regional economy. With exports in 2013 representing approximately 100.1% of GDP, Slovakia's economy is vulnerable to any shifts in external demand.

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