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Talks with IMF on increase of salaries, pensions to be held soon
Belgrade,
21 August 2015
Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic said today that representatives of the Serbian government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) reached an agreement to discuss increasing salaries and pensions in the near future.
Dusan Vujovic
Author:
Tanjug
Vujovic told reporters after a meeting with the IMF mission in the National Bank of Serbia that for more than one million or 1.1 million people that will be an absolute increase, due to the fact that their salaries and pensions were not reduced in the first place.
The IMF mission emphasised that Serbia in every way exceeds the macroeconomic and macro monetary goals set.
He said that the final meetings with the IMF mission should be held on 31 August and 1 September, when a press conference will be held.
Vujovic announced that the projection of the gross domestic product of Serbia will be revised from -0.5 percent, when the precautionary arrangement started, to +0.5 percent by the end of the year.
The talks with representatives of the IMF Mission were attended by Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Jorgovanka Tabakovic, who represents Serbia in the IMF, and Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic with associates.
The IMF mission, led by James Roaf, is on a visit to Belgrade from 20 August to 2 September for a second quarterly review of the results in the implementation of the stand-by precautionary arrangement, which was approved to Serbia on 23 February.
The IMF mission emphasised that Serbia in every way exceeds the macroeconomic and macro monetary goals set.
He said that the final meetings with the IMF mission should be held on 31 August and 1 September, when a press conference will be held.
Vujovic announced that the projection of the gross domestic product of Serbia will be revised from -0.5 percent, when the precautionary arrangement started, to +0.5 percent by the end of the year.
The talks with representatives of the IMF Mission were attended by Governor of the National Bank of Serbia Jorgovanka Tabakovic, who represents Serbia in the IMF, and Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic with associates.
The IMF mission, led by James Roaf, is on a visit to Belgrade from 20 August to 2 September for a second quarterly review of the results in the implementation of the stand-by precautionary arrangement, which was approved to Serbia on 23 February.
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