{
  "id": 861682,
  "title": "Slovak Factories Are Losing Competitiveness, Central Bank Warns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/slovak-factories-are-losing-competitiveness-central-bank-warns",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-14T09:44:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-14/slovak-factories-are-losing-competitiveness-central-bank-warns"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Slovakia’s industrial sector, the backbone of the country’s economy, is losing competitiveness as productivity stagnates and labor costs surge by more than twice the European Union average, according to the country’s central bank.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}