#statistical office

The PhD student of today is so blessed, little does she know it. I started work on my PhD in Economics three decades ago. During this period I had the most interesting ‘close encounters of the statistical kind’ with data and statisticians.

The PhD student of today is so blessed, little does she know it. I started work on my PhD in Economics more than three decades ago. My Professor insisted that I should not do any field work (collect primary data) though the topic I chose was ‘Women’s Work Participation in Agriculture’. In his view, as a PhD student I should familiarize myself, actually ‘master’, the use of secondary data from…

Slovakia Trade Balance Turns To Surplus In December

Slovakia’s foreign trade balance turned to a surplus in December from a deficit in the previous year, data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed Thursday. The trade surplus came in at EUR 8.5 million in December versus a deficit of EUR 136.7 million in the same month of 2016. In November, it was a surplus of EUR 496.0 million. Both exports and imports grew by 5.3 percent and…

Slovenia’s output prices continued to rise in December, though at a slower pace than in the previous month, figures from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia showed Friday. Output prices climbed 2.2 percent year-over-year in December, following a 2.5 percent increase in November. The measure has been rising since December 2016. Compared to previous month, output prices edged up at a…

Slovakia’s harmonized consumer price inflation eased slightly in December after accelerating in the previous month, data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed Wednesday. The harmonized index of consumer prices climbed 2.0 percent year-on-year in December, following a 2.1 percent rise in November. Month-on-month, the HICP showed no variations from November, when it increased by…

Slovakia’s consumer price inflation remained stable in December, figures from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed Monday. Consumer prices increased 1.9 percent year-on-year in December, the same pace of increase as seen in November. A similar high rate was last seen in March 2013. On a monthly basis, consumer prices remained flat in December, following a 0.3 percent rise in…

Slovakia’s economic sentiment declined for the second straight month in December, data from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed Thursday. The economic sentiment indicator dropped to 103.3 in December from 105.5 in the previous month. Among components, the confidence indicators for retail trade and services sectors registered declines in December, while the morale for industry and…

Slovakia’s producer price inflation eased for the third straight month in November, figures from the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed Tuesday. Industrial producer prices climbed 2.1 percent year-over-year in November, following a 2.3 increase in October. The measure has been rising since January. Prices on the domestic market registered an increase of 1.7 percent. Among sectors,…

Slovakia’s consumer price inflation accelerated to the highest level in more than four-and-a-half years in November, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic said Wednesday. Consumer prices climbed 1.9 percent year-over-year in November, faster than the 1.7 percent increase in October. Moreover, the latest inflation was the highest since March 2013. when prices had risen the same 1.9…