Economy's rating changes from "positive" to "stable"

"In the coming years we do not anticipate serious problems with keeping public finances in shape," said Gilowska. She went on to say that the expected GDP will stand at about 5% for the whole year. However, on Monday the ratings agency Standard&Poor's decided to lower the country's rating perspective from "positive" to "stable" due to the "growing length of the period of political instability" and "deteriorating perspectives of entering the euro-zone". "This is a signal for investors: think well before you buy Polish securities," explained Ryszard Petru, chief economist of BPH. (Parkiet, p. 11) M.M.