Slovak analysts expect GDP to grow by 2.2 pc this year

A survey carried out by Slovakia's central bank (NBS) among commercial bank analysts in January has shown that GDP growth in fixed prices is estimated at 2.2 percent this year, while it should slow down to 1.9 percent by the end of next year, TASR has learned. The bank analysts lowered their growth estimate by 0.6 percentage points compared with a month earlier. The analysts put the unemployment rate at 5.8 percent for this year.