Skopje, 4 June 2025 (MIA) - Numbers are the most relevant indicator of implemented policies and a roadmap for policy creation in the coming period. A GDP growth of three percent and higher over three consecutive quarters reaffirms our policy aimed to stabilize the macroeconomic situation and represents an opportunity to launch policies that would lead to acceleration of the domestic economic activities and higher growth rates, said Finance Minister Gordana Dimitrieska-Kochoska on Wednesday.

Minister Dimitrieska-Kochoska told a press conference that nearly Mden 11 billion (EUR 180 million) have been injected into the economy through the companies working on infrastructure projects, close to Mden 500 million (EUR 8 million) to companies working on municipal projects, over EUR 125 million for investments by domestic companies through the Development Bank, accompanied by the rise of the average wage by 10.5 percent and of pensions by Mden 2,500 (EUR 40).

The FinMin noted these are preliminary signs which indicate that the projected growth of 3.7 percent is attainable and will be the engine for higher growth rates in the medium term, averaging at 4.7 percent, based on investments in the public and private sectors.

The State Statistical Office said yesterday that the GDP rose by three percent in the first quarter of 2025.

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