Panorama.am

15:34 20/09/2007

PRIME MINISTER ASSIGNS TO PAVE GROUNDS FOR NEXT YEAR ECONOMIC GROWTH

Chairman of National Statistics Service Stepan Mnatsakanyan presented
information to government on initial indicators of social-economic
situation of Armenia in the course of eight months of the year in the
government session today at the request of the prime minister.

Mnatsakanyan told reporters after the session that GDP totaled more
than 1 trillion 651 billion drams in the course of
January-August. This indicator has gone up by 13.6 percent against the
reporting time last year. In the words of the service head, the
republic has never had such pace of progress during eight months.

The prime minister has assigned ministries, customs and tax services
to make conclusions from the information and find out what factors
shaped such economic growth and take up respective measures to pave
grounds for economic growth next year.

Source: Panorama.am