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Reduction of public debt by end-year
Belgrade,
31 October 2017
Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said today that the public debt of our country amounted to 65.4% of gross domestic product at the end of September and expressed the expectation that it will drop to 62% or 63% by the end of the year.
At a panel discussion "Nordic Innovative Business in Serbia", organised by the Nordic Business Alliance, Brnabic said that we will continue with fiscal discipline and at this moment the budget surplus is RSD 80 billion.
Yesterday, we received new statistical data related to industrial production, which shows that in September saw a growth of 7.3% compared to the same month of the previous year, while in comparison with last year's average, production increased by 7.9%, she specified.
The Prime Minister added that the export growth was 13%, while the same figure stands for foreign trade, which she assessed as an indicator of creating a dynamic and healthier economy in Serbia.
Today we are expecting the publication of the new World Bank's Duing Business List and I am an optimist, since Serbia has made steady progress on this list since 2014, but it is important to continue this trend, Brnabic said.
She also announced an official visit to Norway on 23 November.
Yesterday, we received new statistical data related to industrial production, which shows that in September saw a growth of 7.3% compared to the same month of the previous year, while in comparison with last year's average, production increased by 7.9%, she specified.
The Prime Minister added that the export growth was 13%, while the same figure stands for foreign trade, which she assessed as an indicator of creating a dynamic and healthier economy in Serbia.
Today we are expecting the publication of the new World Bank's Duing Business List and I am an optimist, since Serbia has made steady progress on this list since 2014, but it is important to continue this trend, Brnabic said.
She also announced an official visit to Norway on 23 November.
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