Poland: retail sales down in April 2023

Polish retail sales went down by 2% YoY in April after a 5.1% decrease in March, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on June 6. Month on month, retail sales went up by 1.4%, the agency also said. Eurostat annual growth figures are work-day adjusted, while the monthly growth figures are also seasonally adjusted. Eurostat…

Poland: unemployment rate unchanged in April 2023

Poland’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged MoM at 2.7% in April, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported on June 1. The number of unemployed rose to 470,000 in April from 466,000 in March, Eurostat also said. According to Eurostat, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone countries stood at 6.5% in April, after correction, against…

Poland: CPI up in May 2023

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) rose by 13% YoY and were unchanged month on month in May, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on May 31. In a flash estimate, GUS said that May’s CPI would reach 13% YoY and remain flat month on month. In April, the prices of…