Candidate PM Marcinkiewicz scores 2 out of 5 on economic policy plans

Only two of those, which are related to simplifying economic regulations by limiting the number of licenses required by business and the State Treasury becoming more "transparent" by envisaging privatization of most of the state owned enterprises, do not raise doubts among economic analysts. It was the role of the "investment agency" which caused some surprise. According to Marcinkiewicz, a new institution would replace the ineffective Polish Information and Foreign Investment Agency, which "will be an entity with good competences," stressed the candidate for the post of PM. Other doubts were caused by plans concerning monetary policy, such as "how the government wants to influence exchange rate of złoty? I hope that it will not be achieved by interfering with the activities of the Monetary Policy Council," said Marcin Mróz, chief economist with Societe General. In general, analysts claim that the plans of the new government need to be more specific with more explanations. (Parkiet, p. 8) M.M.