TIRANA, March 28/ATA/ Finance Minister Ervin Mete stated today that the Albanian economy is following the growing trend.
During the speech he delivered at the meeting of the National Economic Council, he highlighted the improvement in Albania’s evaluation by the international assessment agency Standard&Poor’s, a ranking which as a matter of fact certifies the good economic moment of the country, affects its reputation and access to international markets, in the cost of lending and access to finance, as well as in the domestic market, in terms of lending.
“It is a certification of a long-term trend and performance that, looking now at the latest figures of foreign investments, which are practically at record numbers, combined with the positive and growing figures of tourism, give confidence that this positive trend and this consolidation of public finances, the sustainability of this trend will continue”, said the minister.
According to Mete, it is important that the good economic moment that the country is going through renders into increased support for economic sectors and for certain strata, for an economic growth that is as comprehensive as possible. In this context, the minister said that the further increase in wages that is expected to happen soon corresponds exactly to this goal, as well as the fiscal facilities that are being discussed for some of the categories of employees./p.s./
