The government has officially set its economic growth targets at 6.5 to 7.5 percent for this year up to 2022. We believe this is achievable. Development partners and private sector economists have forecasted that growth will also accelerate this year from last year’s 5.9 percent.
2  BIS central bankers’ speeches  Question: The promise of taking the decisive step towards political union with the euro has not been kept. Will the promise ever be fulfilled? Trichet: To fulfil this promise, cooperation between the 27 EU countries, and even more so between the 17 euro countries, must be improved significantly. That much is obvious.