The Prime Minister of Croatia, Andrej Plenković, said today that the growth of inflation in the country has stopped, and confirmation of this, in his words, is the rating given to the country by the international rating agency "BBB+" (Fitch), the regional TV En1 reported , quoted by BTA.

Fitch upgraded Croatia's rating by one notch to BBB+ in mid-July 2022, reaffirming it in October and this Friday.

The agency estimated that the Croatian economy should maintain its resilience to external surprises, thanks to its better fiscal and external positions and the successful introduction of the euro.

"The confirmation of the investment rating given to us by the agency "Fitch" represents a good picture of our condition and how those who measure us with the "pharmacist's scale" see us.

They sent us several messages - that we have a long tradition of political stability and quality functioning of the institutions.

Apart from everything else, they also say that corruption is less of a problem than one might assume from the news in the media," Plenkovic said.

The agency also draws attention to the fact that Croatia adheres to the membership of the Eurozone, the European mechanism for financial stabilization and reduction of public debt.

"Last year we had a public debt of 78 percent of GDP, now we are at 68.4 percent.

We've prevented inflation from rising - it's already moving down and down to 6.5 percent.

And this agency, as well as all accredited institutions, now say that economic growth will be greater than the Croatian government predicted," noted Plenkovic.

The prime minister in Zagreb added that the government had predicted economic growth of 0.7 percent.

Inflation continued to slow in January in Croatia