Poland: unemployment rate unchanged in August 2022

Poland’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged from the previous month at 2.6% in August, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported. According to Eurostat, the unemployment rate in the eurozone countries, according to seasonally adjusted data, remained unchanged MoM in August, at 6.6%. According to Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS), Poland’s unemployment rate went down…

Poland: CPI up in September 2022

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 17.2% YoY and by 1.6% MoM in September, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported in a flash estimate. Economists polled by PAP Business estimated that September’s CPI would reach 16.6% YoY and 1% MoM. In August, the prices of consumer goods and services…

Georgia: economy up in January-August 2022

The Georgian economy grew by 10.5% YoY in August and by 10.3% in the first eight months of 2022, the latest data from the National Statistics Office of Georgia showed. The estimated real growth was observed in the following activities: transportation and storage, construction, information and communication, hotels and restaurants and trade. A decline was…

Ukraine: preparations for “customs visa waiver” discussed with EU

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Executive Vice President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis have discussed expanding cooperation between Ukraine and the European Union and increased bilateral trade. During an online conversation, the parties raised the issue of replacing sanctioned Russian products in the EU with Ukrainian products. In addition, they discussed preparations for…