Goverment Discusses Economic Trends in Slovenia

Ljubljana, 22 November - The Autumn Report prepared by the Institute for Macroeconomic Analyses and Development (IMAD) was adopted by the Slovene government at a session on Thursday. The report includes economic trends in 2001 and forecasts for 2002; this year's economic growth was lowered from 4.4 to 3.7 percent, the average growth of consumer prices in 2001 is not to exceed 8.5 percent, the GDP is to grow in real terms by 3.6 percent in 2002, while inflation is to average at 6.4 percent.