Tax & Spend
Poland’s Extra-Budgetary Spending Raises Red Flags, IMF Warns
Polish zloty notes and coins.
Photographer: John Guillemin/Bloomberg
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Poland should avoid fiscal spending through state funds that are outside of parliamentary control, according to the International Monetary Fund.
The country used out-of-budget funds to quickly raise and deploy funds to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s now applying a similar model to raise funding for major military purchases in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.