Introduction of Nominal Interest Rates Echoes in the Press

Ljubljana, 2 July - Slovene dailies on Tuesday comment on the introduction of nominal interest rates for new short-term loans and liabilities with a maturity period of one year or less as of Monday. This marks the beginning of the end of indexation, as the infamous base interest rate (TOM) - a type of annual interest rate for monetary liabilities which guarantees the preservation of their actual value - will still apply to loans and liabilities with a maturity of over one year. It is to be totally eliminated when Slovenia introduces the euro.