Mali expects GDP growth of close to seven percent

The Minister of Finance, Sinisa Mali, said that he was convinced Serbia would achieve a growth of the gross domestic product of over six percent this year, and he believed that it would be close to seven percent.

While having a guest appearance at Pink TV station, he said that the growth projections had been revised upwards in the past few days, as relevant institutions previously calculated that the domestic economy will achieve a year-on-year decline of 1.3 percent in the first quarter of 2021, but instead, in the same period we recorded a growth of 1.2 percent.

„We can say that economic growth will certainly go over six percent. We think that we will be closer to seven than six percent. If we achieve that, there will be more room for increase in salaries and pensions. We are close to the average salary of EUR 600, but it is a plan is for the average salary to be EUR 900 in 2025, and the average pension to be around EUR 440,“ said Mali.

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