Twelve-month CPIX inflation accelerated from 5,8 per cent in September 2001 to double-digit levels from August 2002, reaching 12,5 per cent in October. Both at the production and consumer level, food price inflation picked up dramatically, reaching maximum year-on-year levels of 30 and 20 per cent respectively.
Taxpayers in Slovenia have paid over € billion, nearly 9% of GDP, for the recapitalisation of troubled state-owned banks alone. Banks are now full of capital. But on the other hand they are not lending money to companies for their working capital and investments. How do you see this controversy?