Polish economy could grow over 3.5% this year: finance minister

"I think there is a chance of achieving economic growth of even above 3.5 percent," Morawiecki told the Polish public broadcaster’s TVP Info channel on Tuesday evening.

Morawiecki, who is also deputy prime minister, said earlier this month that the Polish economy was set to grow over 3 percent this year.

Poland’s 2017 budget is based on a forecast of 3.6 percent GDP growth this year.

Revising downwards its projections for the country, the European Commission said in a new forecast on Monday that the Polish economy grew 2.8 percent last year and was expected to grow 3.2 percent in 2017.

The Polish finance ministry pointed out that according to European Commission forecasts, Poland will be among the six fastest-growing EU member states.

The Central Statistical Office said on Tuesday in a flash estimate that the Polish economy grew 2.7 percent in the final quarter of last year,

In a preliminary estimate at the end of January, the office said that the Polish economy grew 2.8 percent last year. Polish GDP grew 3.9 percent in 2015.

(pk)

Source: PAP