The Minister of Finance in the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Sinisa Mali, said today that about one billion euros of credit requests had been received through commercial banks, and that the money should start being approved next week and be in the hands of the economy.
“The latest information about the guarantee scheme that we have agreed with commercial banks is that there are already requests for a loan from small, medium and large companies in the amount of almost a billion euros, which is half of the total planned two billion euros.” Next week, I expect that money to “bleed” the Serbian economy. You have the Development Fund, which has already approved 301 credit lots in the total amount of around two billion dinars,” the Minister specified the amounts.
He assessed that the implemented measures showed that the state is strong, which gave additional security to the citizens to rely on their country and to have confidence in its moves.
“It is very important to open the economy on time. The factories have already started working, everything has started. “With all these measures we talked about, the state has shown that it is strong and that has given citizens the security to be able to rely on their state,” the minister said, adding that we now have to work hard to accelerate our economy.
“All this I am talking about gives us the right to say that Serbia will be the best in Europe, we have already grown by five percent in the first quarter of this year, while the euro zone had a decline of 3.3 percent. We want to be at a positive zero by the end of the year, maybe in a plus, and certainly better than others,” he said.
He also reminded of the measures and monetary allocations taken so far – postponement of payment of taxes on salaries and contributions in the total amount of around 245 million euros, postponement of profit tax in the total amount of 27.5 million euros. To that should be added 500 million euros provided for the payment of 100 euros to all adult citizens of Serbia. We should not ignore farmers for whom 21.6 million euros have been provided and independent artists who will also be paid three minimum wages.
He assessed that the measures are well targeted and that is why we have a relatively better situation than in other countries, Kamatica reports.
