Finance Minister estimates 7% Q1 GDP growth

She added that GDP growth totaled 6.6% in the fourth quarter of 2006, according to ministry estimates. Gilowska said she saw no rationale at the moment to increase interest rates, noting "Interest-rate rises are not a function of economic growth, but of inflationary pressures, of which there are none at the moment". (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 29; Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) R.M.