Poland’s retail sales increased by 2.8% YoY and by 3.2% MoM in real terms in October, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on November 22. Analysts surveyed by PAP were betting on a 1.7% annual increase and a 2% monthly rise in real terms in October. At current prices, Polish retail sales went up by…
Poland’s industrial output increased by 1.6% YoY in October versus a 1.9% annual increase expected in the PAP consensus survey, on a 4.1% MoM increase, the Polish stats office (GUS) announced. Analysts surveyed by PAP had expected a 4.3% monthly increase. (PAP/Business World Magazine)
Poland’s listed energy concern Orlen has taken over a 100% stake in Kufpec Norway, a unit of the international oil company Kuwait Foreign Petroleum, which is engaged in exploration in Norway. The deal has a transaction value of $445 million as estimated for January 1, 2024, Orlen has said in a press statement. Thanks to…
Poland’s core inflation, which excluded the prices of food and energy, measured 8% YoY in October and was down from September’s 8.4%, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) said. Inflation excluding fixed prices amounted to 5.1% in October, down from the level of 6.8% in the previous month. Inflation excluding the most volatile items measured…
Poland’s workday-adjusted industrial production fell by 0.9% YoY in September, following a 1.9% decline in August, according to EU stats office Eurostat. In the euro zone, industrial output fell by 6.9% YoY and by 1.1% MoM in September after a 5.1% annual decline and a 0.6% monthly rise in August, Eurostat said. (PAP/Business World Magazine)
The European Commission cut the GDP growth forecast in Poland to 0.4% in 2023, slightly down from 0.5% estimated earlier, while it maintained the estimate for 2024 at 2.7%, the Autumn European Forecast showed. “The Polish economy remained weak in the first half of 2023, but was set to return to growth in the third…
Poland’s economic growth in 2024 will surprise to the upside and may significantly exceed 3%, the head of the Polish development fund PFR Pawel Borys has said. “I believe that Poland’s economic growth in 2024 will surprise positively and could be significantly above 3%,” Borys wrote on the X platform. “A soft landing scenario is…