Poland: Budget Deficit Expected to Fall

Politics ♦ Published: December 13, 2013; 21:56 ♦ (Vindobona)

In view of the accelerating economy, Poland´s fiscal shortfall will be smaller than initially projected, the rating agency Fitch states.

Poland: Budget Deficit Expected to Fall / Picture: © Vindobona.org

In June, the European Commission stressed that the country must comply to the fiscal stability criteria. Now, the Commission has extended the deadline by one further year. As a result, in the next three years, Poland has to push the budget deficit below 3.0% of GDP. This year, the expected budget deficit comes at 4.4% of GDP.

Due to the partial nationalization of the pension…