Economy Contracts by 4.8% in Q1

Ljubljana, 31 May - The Slovenian economy contracted at an annual rate of 4.8% in the first quarter of 2013, on the back of significant drops in domestic consumption and investment activity, according to the country's Statistics Office.

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
The Statistics Office (SURS) presents GDP data for the first quarter of 2013 and consumer price index data for May.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

The rest of this news item is available to subscribers.
The news item consists of 3.449 characters (without spaces) or 657 words words.

Buy the news item. Price: 2 tokens; on account: 0 tokens.

ep/sm/gj/eho/ep
© STA, 2013