Poland’s retail sales decreased in real terms by 5% YoY and by 3.6% MoM in February, the Central Statistical Office said on March 21. Economists polled by PAP expected February’s retail sales to fall in real terms by 1.5% YoY and to rise by 0.5% MoM. In current prices, retail sales increased by 10.8% YoY…
Close to 50% of Polish employers employ a worker from Ukraine, new research has shown. Employment of Ukrainians in Polish companies has been on the rise, according a press release published on March 21 by recruitment agency Personnel Service, which cites its latest report “Barometer of the Polish Labour Market”. Nearly one in two Polish…
Poland’s average corporate gross monthly wage rose by 13.6% YoY, to PLN 7,065.56 (EUR 1,501) in February, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported. In monthly terms, the average wage went up by 0.6%. Economists polled by PAP expected a 12% annual increase in the corporate wage in February and a 1.1% rise from January. February’s…
Micro-power generation, most of which consisted of solar panels, provided the electrical grid with 109% more electricity in 2022 compared to the previous year, the Polish energy watchdog reported. According to the Energy Regulatory Office (URE), such installations contributed 5.8 TWh of energy to the grid in 2022, which compared to 2.7 TWh in 2021.…
Poland’s industrial output rose by 1.2% YoY in February, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on March 20. Month on month, industrial output increased by 0.4%. Economists polled by PAP expected February’s industrial production to grow by 1.1% YoY and by 1.8% MoM. Manufacturing prices increased by 18.4% YoY in February, but fell by 0.4%…
An environment agency and a green energy company have signed an agreement on cooperation in the implementation of small modular reactors (SMRs) in Poland. The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (NFOSiGW) and Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) signed the deal on March 16. The government agency announced earlier that together with OSGE…
The Ukrainian authorities are interested in close energy cooperation with Poland, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Poland Vasyl Zvarych has said. “We appreciate our cooperation very much. We have many projects that are already being implemented, despite Russian aggression,” Zvarych said, adding that Kyiv was interested in ensuring that such energy cooperation with Warsaw was as close…