Press release from the meeting of the Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia on 12 January 2010

1. At today's meeting the Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia was briefed on current economic and financial developments and economic relations with the rest of the world, and approved the release of the Report on Economic and Financial Developments for December 2009 and the Report on Slovenia's Economic Relations with the Rest of the World for October 2009.

2. The Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia was briefed on current banking operations and developments on the capital markets.

3. The Governing Board of the Bank of Slovenia discussed the implementation of monetary policy in the final quarter of 2009.