2024-08-07 11:17:39
The Minister of Finance of Serbia, Sinisa Mali, stated today on the occasion of the government’s 100 days of work, that for him, as the relevant minister, the first priority is for Serbia to continue to record excellent economic results, which is also confirmed by the macroeconomic indicators, Tanjug reported.
“Serbia is currently the fastest growing economy in Europe in the first half of this year, considering that the growth of our economy during this period was 4.5 percent. Also, our public debt is fully under control, at a level below 50 percent. The employment rate is steadily increasing, unemployment is decreasing and we have record foreign exchange reserves and gold reserves,” he told Tanyug.
Mali pointed out that the country is also setting records in terms of foreign direct investment, with inflows in the first six months of this year 16 percent higher than the same period last year.
“All this gives us the opportunity to constantly increase the income of citizens and improve the standard of living, through the further increase of salaries, pensions and the minimum wage,” said the Minister of Finance of Serbia.
According to him, in the first 100 days of the government, several legal decisions were adopted under the competence of the Ministry of Finance, which enable the continuation and implementation of important projects in Serbia, which are also related to the construction of the high-speed road Ruma-Sabac – Loznica, the bypass around Kragujevac, as well as the construction of the National Stadium and the “Clean Serbia” project.
We are also fully dynamic regarding the construction of the Expo complex, which is an absolute priority in the next three years, noted Mali.
“At the beginning of June, Serbia for the first time on the international market issued sustainable bonds (ESG), which raised 1.5 billion dollars to finance sustainable development, green projects and projects that promote social responsibility and the huge interest of investors is the best an indicator that Serbia’s economy is stable,” he added.
He concluded that as first deputy prime minister he was satisfied with the results achieved, stressing that he thought the government had worked well during the first 100 days, BTA reports.