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Polish Companies See Business Sentiment Improve, but Investment Remains Cautious as Labour Costs Stay the Main Barrier

Statistics Poland’s May data point to an improvement in business sentiment across most regions and sectors of the Polish economy. Companies are assessing the economic climate more positively, particularly...

Poland’s Monetary Policy Council keeps interest rates unchanged in June

At its June meeting, Poland’s Monetary Policy Council left interest rates unchanged. The National...

US Manufacturing Posts Strong PMI Reading, but Sources of Growth Raise Questions

A strong increase in activity in US manufacturing has been confirmed. The final May...

Poland’s Manufacturing PMI Still on the Wrong Side of the Line, but With Signs of Hope

Poland’s manufacturing PMI rose to 49.4 points in May, which still indicates a deterioration...

Solid GDP Growth in Poland in Q1 2026, but the Economy Is Still Running on One Engine

Poland’s GDP growth of 3.5% year on year in the first quarter of 2026...
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Polish MPC’s June Decision: More Arguments for Stability Than for Another Rate Cut

The June meeting of Poland’s Monetary Policy Council will take place at a time when expectations for further interest rate cuts have clearly weakened....

Poland’s Unemployment Rate Falls Slightly to 6% in April

Poland’s unemployment rate for April has been released. It stood at 6%, which is 0.1 percentage point lower than in the previous two months...

Polish companies return to a growth path. Profits, revenues and investment are rising

Polish enterprises are clearly improving their financial performance after a weaker period. According to the latest preliminary data from Statistics Poland for the first...

Polish Industrial Production Enters Q2 2026 at a More Moderate Pace

The April increase in industrial production to 3.1% year on year marks a fairly significant slowdown after a very strong March. This reading confirms...

April Inflation Reading Puts ECB Policy Back in Focus

The April reading of consumer inflation in the eurozone accelerated to 3.0% year on year, compared with 2.6% a month earlier. On a monthly...

Poland’s Foreign Trade in Q1 2026: Exports Grew Faster Than Imports, While the Deficit Fell to PLN 1.2 Billion

Poland’s foreign trade began 2026 with moderate growth in both exports and imports, accompanied by a clear improvement in the goods trade balance. According...

April Inflation in Poland Confirmed at 3.2 Percent

The final reading of consumer inflation for April came in at 3.2 percent year on year, in line with earlier estimates. On a monthly...

Interest Rates May Rise Again. Poland’s MPC Could Start Discussing Hikes as Early as July

The interest rate futures market is pointing to two or three rate hikes this year and to the forward rate reaching 4.5 percent in...

More Companies Registered in Poland, but Bankruptcies Also Rise in Q1 2026

In the first quarter of 2026, 89,004 enterprises were registered in Poland, 2% more than a year earlier. At the same time, the number...

Poland’s Regional Economy in April 2026: Selective Improvement Amid Rising Cost Pressure

In April 2026, business sentiment improved in most Polish regions and across many of the sectors analysed. However, data from Statistics Poland (GUS) show...

Polish Central Bank Keeps Rates Unchanged

In line with market consensus, Poland’s Monetary Policy Council left interest rates unchanged. The RPP’s next decisions will depend on incoming macroeconomic data and...

Poland’s MPC Expected to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged in May

After a two-day meeting, Poland’s Monetary Policy Council will announce its decision today on the level of interest rates. In March, the Council decided...

Poland’s Economy Has More Than Doubled Since Joining the EU

Poland can boast one of the fastest rates of economic growth in the entire European Union. Forecasts by the International Monetary Fund for 2026...

Poland’s Shadow Economy Still Accounts for 17.7% of GDP, with Excise-Goods Sectors Under Growing Pressure

Poland’s shadow economy accounts for 17.7% of GDP, or more than PLN 800 billion, while in the cigarette segment alone the state budget loses...
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Europe’s Security Still Depends on US Support

The United States is reviewing its military presence in Europe. On the one hand,...
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Breast Cancer and Retinal Diseases Cost Poland Nearly PLN 27.5 Billion in 2024

HEALTH & MEDICINE
The treatment of breast cancer and retinal diseases, including age-related macular degeneration and diabetic macular oedema, cost the Polish economy nearly PLN 27.5 billion...

41% of Major Warsaw Stock Exchange Companies Have No ESG Rating

INVESTING
Fifty-eight out of 140 companies included in the WIG20, mWIG40 and sWIG80 indices have no ESG rating at all, according to the “Artha ESG...

Banks Must Move from Transactional to Contextual Banking as Big Tech and Fintech Competition Intensifies

FINANCE
Banks are no longer competing with big tech companies and fintechs solely on the price of financial products. Increasingly, the key battleground is presence...

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