1992	1993	1994	1995	1996*
Private sector: % gdp	28	45	56	79	n/a
Growth rate %	-6.4	-0.9	+2.6	+5.2	+5.5
Unemployment: %	2.6	3.5	3.2	2.9	2.8
Inflation: %	12.7	18.2	10.2	7.9	8.7
Budget balance: % gdp	n/a	+0.5	+1.3	+1.0	-1.0
External current account: US$ billion	-0.6	+0.1	-0.1	-1.9	-4.0
Foreign currency reserves: months' imports	n/a	3.2	4.4	7.5	n/a
Net external debt: US$ billion	3.5	2.3	1.8	-0.7	n/a
Exchange rate: koruna to US$1.00	28.3	29.2	28.8	26.6	26.9
Trade balance (US$m)	n/a	-302	-918	-3,951	n/a
Current account balance (US$m)	n/a	681	-81	-1,906	n/a
Overall balance (US$m)	n/a	3,063	3,483	7,453	n/a
National interest rates	n/a	14.07	13.12	12.80	n/a
Government revenue (% GDP)	n/a	42.28	41.02	n/a	n/a
Social security spending (% total spending)	n/a	26.30	28.15	n/a	n/a

Consumer Prices (percentage year-on-year increases)

Gross Domestic Product (percentage year-on-year increases, constant prices of 1984, from 1996 constant prices of 1994)

Czech Republic

Trends in the formation and use of GDP in 1996

1996

Fourth quarter 1996

	CZK in bn	Index corresponding	CZK in bn	Index corresponding
		period of the last year =100		period of the last year =100
GDP at purchaser's prices	1186.6	104.4	298.0	104.7
Final consumption of households	695.2	106.0	198.5	107.6
of government	221.6	101.9	64.1	104.2
Gross fixed capital formation	402.2	112.4	146.0	102.8
Change in investories and reserves	-6.3	x	-74.5	x
Exports	725.1	105.3	197.0	106.8
Imports	851.2	113.3	233.1	109.7

Updated 1996 data by quarters:
Index 1994 constant prices (corresponding period of the last year = 100)
1st quarter - 104.6
2nd quarter - 104.6
3rd quarter - 103.6

State budget current performance