TIRANA, May 6/ATA/-Albania’s economic growth is actually stabilized at the level of 4%.
Albania’s Minister of Finance and Economy Anila Denaj made the statement during a joint press conference with the representative of the International Monetary Fund Jan Kess Martijn and Governor of the Bank of Albania Gent Sejko.
According to Denaj, irrespective of the fluctuations of the quarter mainly because of external factors, it is expected the economy continues the positive trend during the rest of the year.
« The sectors of agriculture, construction and tourism are expected to compensate fluctuations in the sector of energy”, said the minister.
Denaj also took the opportunity of expressing grateful thanks to the IMF for the assistance and support for strengthening of the public finances especially through improvement of the tax administration, improvement of the monitoring system and control as well as quality of public expenditure which, as she put it, are important components in development of the country’s economy. /e.xh/ /a.g/p.s./
