Half-Yearly Economic Growth in Slovenia at 2.7 Percent

Ljubljana, 4 October - Presenting key economic figures for Slovenia at Friday's press conference, the director of the Institute for Macroeconomic Analyses and Development (IMAD) Janez Sustersic pointed out that economic growth in the first half of the year stood at 2.7 percent, thus lagging behind the 2002 forecast of 3.3 percent. Despite a slow global economic recovery, Sustersic said that the 2002 forecast is still realistic.