Poland: inflation to slow from March 2023

Poland’s inflation is expected to decelerate starting in March 2023, the Polish Economic Institute (PIE), a government think-tank, has said commenting on the latest figures from the Central Statistical Office (GUS). GUS reported on October 31 that Polish consumer prices soared by 17.9% YoY in October on by 1.8% MoM. In its comment, PIE said…

Poland: CPI up in October 2022

Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) increased by 17.9% YoY and by 1.8% MoM in October, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported in a flash estimate on October 31. Economists polled by PAP Business estimated that October’s CPI would reach 18% YoY and 1.7% MoM. In September, the prices of consumer…

Poland: revenue budget up since 2015

Poland’s budget revenues have increased by more than 110% since 2015 when the Law and Justice (PiS) came to power, the government spokesperson has claimed. “When we started to rule, the budget revenues in 2015 reached PLN 289 billion (EUR 61 billion), whereas the budget revenues planned for 2023 amount to PLN 604.7 billion (EUR…