economic trends no 47 contents czech economy in 2005 low inflation and robust growth 1 slovakia on the road to euro 6 credits recent 8 some questions about forecasts of national bank 13 also available at www kb cz editor komerãnà banka as prague chief economist tel 420 2 24 21 46 66 fax 22 28 39 released for printing february 7 2006 reflect view team it is published information purposes only neither nor opinion expressed constitutes an offer or solicitation buy sell any investments contained herein has been obtained from sources believed be reliable but does not guarantee its accuracy completeness discretion with respect suitability should prudently exercised third quarter gdp increased by 4 9 y figure q2 was revised upwards 5 first three quarters grew 0 half year