ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - A steady growth in loans, the privatisation of the national oil company INA and a possible acquisition of the leading pharmaceutical company Pliva as well as the government's intention to continue taking loans
on the domestic market can be main reasons for the further appreciation pressure on the national currency of kuna, a finance analyst said in Zagreb last week.
ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - A steady growth in loans, the
privatisation of the national oil company INA and a possible acquisition of the
leading pharmaceutical company Pliva as well as the government's intention to
continue taking loans on the domestic market can be main reasons for the
further appreciation pressure on the national currency of kuna, a finance
analyst said in Zagreb last week. According to Goran Saravanja, the
analyst of CAIB, the investment house of the HVB Splitska Banka, it should not
be a surprise if the euro would be traded at about 7.1 kuna this summer.
He projected that this year's average middle rate of the kuna could be
7.31 kuna against one euro, the lowest annual rate since 1998.