Dnevni avaz: BiH could the current ensured deposit of 7.500 KM lift to 15.000 KM, and it is even being thought about possible reduction of obligated reserves which are held by the Central Bank. This is a conclusion which began to flow from the chairman of the Council of Ministers, Nikola Špirić and the Entity Ministers for Finance, Vjekoslav Bevanda and Aleksandar Džombić, which are attending the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, whose main topic is economic crisis which shakes the whole world.
These measures of the BiH Government, on which it will be talked more at the meeting scheduled by Špirić for Friday, should keep the trust of the citizens in the banks. It is also being thought about measures of savings in order to mitigate the crisis which, according to estimations, could last several years more.
In the announcement for "Dnevni avaz", Špirić says that the rate of ensured deposits of 15.000 KM could be higher.
Increase of the salaries must be restrained. Political elites must get out of the wishes and promises to voters – has been said by Špirić.
He adds that the bad situation which dominates the world for BiH could perhaps bring something positive as well.
Why could not there be the state bank which will have the governmental deposits? The Central Bank can be the bank of salvation for liquidity of other banks. Central Bank, because of the currency board, could not by now credit the business banks. This can legally be changed.
Those are all the measures by which we could protect ourselves from indirect damages, and direct damages are still not present – says Špirić. He points out that his grade, as the grade of the Entity Ministers for Finance, is that the situation in BiH is under control and that indirect effects of crisis can be moderated by active moves of the governments on all levels.