The Economist Intelligence Unit expects the single—party majority government
of the centre—left Direction—Social Democracy(Smer-SD)party to continue in
office until the next scheduled general election，in 2016．
Budget deficit reduction will remain a leading government priority．We expect
the budget deftcit to remain below the EU limit of 3％of GDP during our
forecast period，but there is some risk to this forecast．

Highlights 7

Political outlook 8

Economic policy outlook 9

Economic forecast 11

Annual data and forecast 15

Quarterly data 16

Monthly data 17

Annual trends charts 19

Quarterly trends charts 20

Monthly trends charts 21

Comparative economic indicators 22

Basic data 23

Political structure 24

Politics 25

Economy 32

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