Slovenia's economy slumps by 13% in Q2

Ljubljana, 31 August - Slovenia's economy has been hammered hard by the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing lockdown with fresh data from the Statistics Office showing the country's output contracted by 13% in real terms in the second quarter compared with the same quarter a year ago. The second straight quarter of negative growth puts Slovenia in a technical recession.

Ljubljana
Lockdown takes toll on Slovenia's economy, with a 13% year-on-year contraction in the output in the second quarter of the year.
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