28.7% of GDP (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 76 46.6% of GDP (2004 est.)

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

4.6% (2008 est.) country comparison to the world: 80 2.8% (2007 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

3% (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 115 4.25% (31 December 2007)

note: this is the European Central Bank's rate on the marginal lending facility, which offers overnight credit to banks from the euro area; as of 1 January 2009 Slovakia became a member of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

6.42% (31 December 2008)

Stock of money:

$25.52 billion (31 December 2008) country comparison to the world: 32 $26.17 billion (31 December 2007)