Poland: PM announces business programme for women

Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, on March 8 announced a broad-scale financial support programme for women starting up businesses. Morawiecki told the Polish Woman of the 21st Century conference in Warsaw that the scheme would be funded by PLN 1 billion (EUR 213 million) annually. He added that more details about the programme would…

Poland: inflation to go down gradually

Inflation in Poland will gradually decrease by several percentage points this year from its recent level of 17.2%, the Monetary Policy Council (RPP) has said in a statement after its rate decision. The RPP kept all the interest rates unchanged for the sixth time in a row on March 8, with the reference rate remaining…

Poland: economy doing well

Poland’s economy is doing “surprisingly well” despite the negative effects of the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine war, the head on an industry lobby has said. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced on March 6 that Poland’s budget deficit was much lower than planned in 2022 and reached PLN 12.4 billion (EUR 2.63 billion) in comparison…