According to Central Statistical Office (GUS) data, Poland had a foreign trade surplus of €10.5 billion in 2023, with the country’s largest partner again Germany. Although Poland had a trade surplus in many regions, a foreign exchange deficit of €79.3 billion in trade with China stood out. According to the report presented by GUS on…
More than 60% of Central European CFOs expect revenue growth this year. According to those surveyed, the average GDP growth rate in the region in 2024 will be 1.1%. Central European companies have become accustomed to operating in a difficult economic environment, say chief financial officers (CFOs) from Central European countries. While more than half…
Bank Millennium believes the Polish economy will gradually recover this year, driven by stronger consumer sentiment. Economic growth at 2.9% with an upward outlook, which will be driven primarily by resurgent private consumption, a reduction in average annual inflation to just over 5%, and possible interest rate cuts of 50-75 bps – are Bank Millennium’s…
In 2024 approximately PLN 77 billion (€18 billion) will go to Poland from the National Reconstruction Plan, according to the Deputy Minister of Finance Hanna Majszczyk. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during a press conference on January 29 that the Polish government enjoys the trust of strategic partners abroad and therefore he does not see…
Economists believe that 2024 will see a recovery of the Polish economy, while 70% of Poles say that this year will be better for them financially than the previous one, an increase of 11 percentage points compared to a previous Ipsos study. But two out of three Polish respondents claim that prices will grow faster…
A further decline in orders and poor data from industry resulted in a deterioration of business sentiment in late 2024. This weakens the willingness to invest and employ new workers. However, this is a deeper problem for the whole of Europe, which is recovering slowly from the post-COVID crisis and must, including Poland, change its…
In recent years, we have become accustomed to numerous changes in tax law coming into force on the first of January. New legislation was usually passed in the last months of the previous year and took effect after a very short vacatio legis. So short, in fact, that the first weeks of each new year…
After a sharp decline in 2020 and a strong recovery in 2021, global direct investment in 2022 fell by 12% to $1.3 trillion. According to reports from international organizations (including UNCTAD), the decline was caused by global factors, related to the war in Ukraine, high energy and food commodity prices, rising interest rates and uncertainty…
BGK’s pioneering loan will support Rwanda’s development. The Polish Development Bank (BGK) has provided direct financing to the Rwandan state treasury for the purchase of a Polish milk cooling system. The loan to the buyer with a policy from the Export Credit Insurance Corporation is €23 million and is the first such financing provided by…
The Polish Chamber of Commerce summarizes GUS data on the economic situation of the provinces and industries in January-September 2023. Unemployment At the end of September this year, the number of registered unemployed amounted to 776,000, which was 6,500 lower than at the end of August and 25,700 lower than a year ago. The unemployment…
Below are some of the highlights from the SGH and Economic Forum Report, a cyclical publication that since 2018 has summarized the most important economic and social processes taking place in Poland and in the countries of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. Development trajectories of CEE countries – the impact of the COVID-19…
2023 global growth to slow to 1.7% from 3% expected six months ago, according to World Bank latest forecast. In Poland in 2023, economic growth is expected to decelerate sharply to below 1 percent, in line with the much weaker growth expected for the euro area, where GDP is expected to record 0 percent growth…
