Slovakia's GDP in fixed prices up by 2 percent y-o-y in 4Q19

Growth in Slovakia's economy decelerated in the final quarter of last year in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms, with GDP in fixed prices going up by 2 percent, which was 1.5 percentage points (p.p.) lower than in 4Q18, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on Friday. After seasonal adjustments, 4Q19 GDP posted real growth of 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter. The total volume of GDP in current prices amounted to 24.3 billion euros, which was an increase of 5 percent y-o-y.