Marek Belka
Marek Belka
Marek Marian Belka; b. 9 January 1952 in Łódź) is a Polish professor of Economics, a former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Poland, former Director of the International Monetary Fund'sEuropean Department and current Head of Narodowy Bank Polski...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionEconomist
Date of Birth9 January 1952
CountryPoland
country holocaust important
The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where their culture used to flourish, into a massive grave. This is why initiatives to revive Jewish culture in Poland is so important.
issues important states
As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how to develop them and how to strengthen them further.
We do see significant signs of a slowdown, in the economy worldwide.
I would not go so far as to say that we are completely changing our outlook.
european five please supposed
I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed to be a European or someone from the emerging countries, the so-called BRICS. This will be decided, but please don't think Poland has anything to say about it.
choice good home poland prove sure
I am sure that this is a good choice, a good decision, and that Poland will prove to be a good home to LG,
propensity rates scenario
Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.
both coming course polish rate slowing
To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of growth in the coming year, 2012. But of course these are projections.
That is what we think is most probable.
depends economic lower moves raise rate rates whether
Our rate moves will have an impact on the economy in 2013. Whether we raise or lower rates depends on how the economic situation develops.
change final government poland
There is a government change in Poland and the new government will take a final decision.
course embedded including magnitude pace supply
It's not about the pace, it's about the direction we've set. The pace is of course a function of many factors, including the magnitude of the supply shock. But what's probably more important is the probability of the supply shock translating into sustainable embedded inflation.
hysteria people sugar
With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we're probably observing, then I hope that people will also get less worried about the future of inflation.
responsibility iraq madrid
We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid will have died in vain.