IMF releases annual Poland report, tells FinMin to watch budget

Balanger said Poland's current budget deficit could reach 3.5-4% of gross national product (GNP), adding that a 6-8% deficit would pose a serious danger. He said the government should balance the budget in 1999, not 2000 as Finance Minister Leszek Baclerowicz wanted. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 25, Prawo i Gospodarka, page 1)