The President nominated new ministers. Milczanowski, the minister of interior when the Oleksy affair broke out, plans to take the opportunity of being brought before the State Tribunal to present his opinions and provide the details which were omitted by the prosecution during its investigation of the so-called Oleksy affair. Meanwhile, the Sejm Committee on the State Security Service is investigating whether revealing states secrets in the White Book on the Oleksy affair broke the law. The central bank believes that too many consumer loans are being taken out. During the past year, the sum of money lent to households doubled.
Many banks grant small loans on the spot.
The central bank predicts that this may adversely influence the trade balance and inflation. The central bank is ready to raise interest rates, but the government opposes this solution, and proposes that the central bank establish limits to the banks on consumer loans that they can give. The Ministry of Finance has several ideas on how to maintain public interest in treasury bonds. The bonds will be less attractive as they will not be tax deductible next year. The final price was not revealed.