Slovakia's trade surplus widened sharply to EUR 686.1 million in May from EUR 104.1 million in the same month a year earlier, the Bratislava-based statistics agency said.
Retail sales in Slovakia went down by 8.5% year-on-year in May, marking the fourth straight month of fall, although easing from a 10.1% plunge in April, figures from the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) on Thursday show.
The industrial confidence indicator in Slovakia declined by 9 points from a month earlier to -18.7 in June, marking its lowest since May 2020, the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) said in its monthly report.
Slovakia's unemployment rate fell to 5.1% in May from 5.3% in April, returning to pre-crisis levels, economics portal Trading Economics reported citing data released by the Ministry of Labor, Social, Affairs and Family (ÚpsVar).
Slovakia's annual inflation rate slowed for the third month to 11.9% in May from 13.8% in the previous month, figures from the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Wednesday.
Construction output in Slovakia shrank 8.3% year-on-year in April, the second month of contraction, although easing from a 10.1% fall in the previous month, figures released by the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed.
Slovakia's industrial production shrank 2% year-on-year in April, following a 2.5% rise in the previous month, data from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Friday.
Retail sales in Slovakia fell 10.1% year-on-year in April, the largest contraction since February 2021, following a 6% fall in the previous month, according to figures from the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR).
Consumer confidence in Slovakia declined by 3 points to -24.2 in May, from -21.2 in the previous month, a study by the Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed.
The annual inflation rate in Slovakia slowed to 13.8% in April from 14.8% in the previous month, data from the Bratislava-based Slovak Statistical Office (SÚSR) showed on Monday.
