FLASH
Shkruar nga Jorida Tabaku
For the facade of a strong lek, Albanian families and businesses pay the salty bill of an informal economy, dirty money and above all the tax of corruption.
In recent days, a debate has been opened, misguided in fact, that the strengthening of the Lek in our country is a sign of a healthy economy and that it is moving in the right direction and that the problem lies with the exporters.
In economics there are three factors that strengthen a currency; the growth of the internal economy which means the growth of the Albanian economy, the trade balance which means the difference between exports and imports in quantity and finally the demand in the international market for the Albanian currency.
For these three factors, the data from the Bank of Albania speak of a different reality than the facade that is being propagated.
Our currency is not a currency that has a great international demand. Secondly, there is no increase in the real economy, no increase in production, as everyone knows that we do not produce any products with high export demand.
As for the Trade Balance, i.e. the difference between exports and imports, it has deepened by 17% according to the Bank of Albania.
This means that not only have exporters produced less than imports, so our products are not bought as much abroad, but the value of exports is lower than the value of imports.
To understand this, everyone can see their portfolio. Today, with 1000 lek, you can no longer buy anything that you bought until yesterday. Prices have increased and quantity has decreased.
A family with an average monthly income of 50,000 ALL per month consumes less and less food than a month ago. Basket products have become more expensive even though they are being imported with a stronger lek.
Who benefits from the strengthening of the lek? Not Albanian families!
Who loses from the strengthening not from the economy of the lek? Albanian families!
If the strong lek would benefit Albanian families, the country's economy would also grow. The trajectory of the inexplicable strengthening of our lek started in 2016 and the Euro currency is weakening while our economy does not have any explainable growth, except for the dirty money that finances an informal economy and often strategic investments without forgetting the millions of corruption .
And the above are not inventions but facts:
Shqipëria prej mbi katër vite është përfshirë në listën e MoneyVal duke qenë i vetmi vend i Europës në listën e vendeve që dyshohen se pastrojnë para. Raportet ndërkombëtare flasin se 1.8 mld euro janë pastruar në fushën e ndërtimit në Tiranë, korrupsioni i niveleve të larta është faktuar se ndërton, blen dhe mobilon shtëpi me para të pista dhe korruptive.
Pra, shqiptarët paguajnë më shumë për ushqimet e tyre, për rrobat e tyre dhe për pushimet e tyre dhe jo vetëm kaq. Sipërmarrjet e eksportit që kanë të punësuar mbi 100 mijë punëtorë janë sot me humbje. Pra, të gatshëm të ulin kostot, pra rrogat e punëtorëve, për të mbijetuar nga rritja e lekut prej një ekonomie informale.
For the facade of a strong lek, Albanian families and businesses pay the salty bill of an informal economy, dirty money and above all the tax of corruption. A tax paid equally by the left and the right.
The corruption tax is not the imagination of the opposition but the reality that Albanians pay from their wallets.
The way to stop this tax is through political will. Passing money laundering laws on paper does not help anyone and is not a solution!
The alarm bell that is heard today in every Albanian family should be the concern of the government and unfortunately it is not. Therefore, the country continues to sink even more into this spiral that the more they deny it, the more clearly it appears in the wallet of every Albanian!
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