"Most of all, I didn't say that a pause is a foregone conclusion. In March, in addition to the regular serving of data there will also be a new inflation and economic projection," Marek Belka told the central bank's news website obserwatorfinansowy.pl.

"So, it's a good moment to not only think what to do at the March sitting, but also what to do going forward," he said in an interview published on Thursday.