Predicted drop in budget deficit fuelled by rise in revenues

As Rzeczpospolita has unofficially learned, this reduction will chiefly be the result of increased government revenues, while expenditure will remain virtually unaffected. The initial version of the budget's macroeconomic foundations should be ready for internal Ministerial use within a week, although a version has already been presented to the Prime Minister-in-waiting, Marek Belka. "The economic situation will support the budget. However, proposing an even lower deficit would provide the politicians with an incentive to increase expenditure," said a source close to the drafting of the budget. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B1) M.K.