Poland’s budget deficit was much lower than planned in 2022, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, said.
The prime minister revealed the latest deficit figures at a public finance conference held at Warsaw’s National Stadium on March 6.
“Today I can say that the budget deficit for 2022 was PLN 12.4 billion (EUR 2.63 billion),” he said, adding that the originally planned figure was PLN 30 billion (EUR 6.37 billion).
Morawiecki went on to say that the actual deficit was “significantly lower than nearly all economists expected”.
The 2022 general government deficit was also lower compared to expectations, the prime minister announced.
“The general government deficit, which has not been fully verified yet will be about 3% of GDP, so also significantly lower than forecast a few months ago,” he said. (PAP/Business World Magazine)