Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Economists polled by PAP expected a 5.4% unemployment figure in the first month of 2023. The number of registered unemployed measured 857,600 in January against 812,300 in December 2022, GUS also said.…
Poland’s unemployment rate may inch upwards in the coming months, a think tank analyst has said. Poland’s unemployment rate went up to 5.5% in January from 5.2% in December 2022, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 23. Sebastian Sajnog, an economist with the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government-sponsored think tank, said in…
The majority of Polish employees have worked with people of different nationalities, a poll new has shown. According to the survey carried out by the recruitment website pracuj.pl, 56.5% had worked with foreigners. It also found that 61% of men had worked with non-Poles in contrast to 52% of women. An overwhelming majority of respondents,…
Poland’s retail sales decreased in real terms by 0.3% YoY and by 23.1% MoM in January, the Central Statistical Office said on February 21. Economists polled by PAP expected January’s retail sales to grow in real terms by 0.8% YoY and to fall by 22.3% MoM. In current prices, retail sales increased by 15.1% YoY…
The vast majority of working-aged Ukrainian refugees in Poland have found work in the country, according to a survey commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Office. The survey, carried out by the EWL Migration Platform and Warsaw University’s Centre for Eastern Studies, found that 84% were now employed and that 27% of this group had managed…
It is too early for interest rate cuts now, though they may be possible at the end of the year, Poland’s central bank governor Adam Glapinski has said at the World Copernican Congress in Torun, northern Poland. “Right now it’s too early to discuss interest rate cuts. I would like this to be possible around…
Poland’s industrial output rose by 2.6% YoY in January, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on February 20. Month on month, industrial output decreased by 2.5%. Economists polled by PAP expected January’s industrial production to grow by 4.1% YoY and to drop by 0.3% MoM. Manufacturing prices increased by 18.5% YoY in January and by…