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Marek Belka

(1952) Economist Poland

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Marek Belka is an economist from Poland, best known for Boosting European Competitiveness.

Quick Facts About Marek Belka

Born: January 9, 1952
Nationality: Poland
Profession: Economist
Notable works: Boosting European Competitiveness

About Marek Belka

Marek Marian Belka is a Polish professor of economics and politician who has served as Prime Minister of Poland and Finance Minister of Poland in two governments. He is a former director of the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) European Department and former Head of Narodowy Bank Polski. He has served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2024.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

Bene Merito honorary doctor of the University of Potsdam

Quotes by Marek Belka

And in the last sentence I would like also to mention that Poland is one of the countries with which the United…

Communication

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No matter who becomes chancellor, Poland and Germany will remain neighbours, strategic partners, not only within the European Union, but also world…

Believe

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We do see significant signs of a slowdown, in the economy worldwide.

Economy

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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…

About

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As far as the international issues are concerned, the most important thing is the state of the transatlantic relationships, Euro-Atlantic relationships: how…

Concerned

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We're in a tightening cycle and the reason is the economy is growing, there's no expectation that the global economy and the…

Consequence

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Should that worse scenario materialize, then most probably our propensity to increase interest rates will be weaker.

Increase

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Our rate moves will have an impact on the economy in 2013. Whether we raise or lower rates depends on how the…

Depends

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We take our international responsibilities very seriously and will not withdraw our troops from Iraq... Otherwise, the victims of terror in Madrid…

Died

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I would not go so far as to say that we are completely changing our outlook.

Change

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To the contrary, when you look at projections, both Polish and international, we can expect some slowing down of the rate of…

Both

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Poland is one of the few countries that can afford to conduct a conventional monetary policy and that means we have to…

Conventional

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We continue to be vigilant.

Continue

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With the sugar market hysteria, the people are obviously worried and expect higher inflation. When this hysteria subsides, which we're probably observing,…

Higher

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The Holocaust committed by the Nazis turned this country, where most of the European Jews used to live and where their culture…

Committed

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I still have five years to the end of my term. There are many candidates. There'll be a problem if it's supposed…

About

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