The head of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) has said a recent cycle of interest-rate hikes is merely on hold rather than formally at an end. The NBP has increased interest rates 11 times in recent months to help combat an inflation rate that hit 17.2% in September. “It is a halt in the…
Polish retail sales went up by 8% YoY in August after a 7.6% increase in July, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on October 6. Month on month, retail sales went up by 0.7%, the agency also said. Retail sales in the euro zone fell by 2% in August after a 1.2% decline a month…
The Monetary Policy Council (RPP), the Polish central bank’s rate-setting body, unexpectedly broke its rate-hiking cycle despite rising inflation and kept the reference interest rate at 6.75% on October 5. The National Bank of Poland’s lombard rate remained at 7.25%, the rediscount rate at 6.80% and the discount rate at 6.85%. The RPP also left…
Poland’s rate-setting body said on October 5 its decision to put interest rates on hold was due to a forecast decline in economic growth and consumer demand, which should help to reduce the record-high inflation. In a statement issued after its decision to put all interest rates on hold in October, which broke the one-year-long…
Poland’s inflation rate is likely to fall in 2023, a deputy finance minister has said. Artur Sobon said on October 5 that the 2023 budget was based on an average annual CPI (Consumer Price Index) assumption of nearly 10% but “forecasting is extremely difficult in these conditions”. He said that some factors, such as an…
Poland’s GDP should rise by 1.6% in 2023 after a 4% growth in 2022 and against a 3.6% forecast earlier, the World Bank has said in a report. “Poland’s economic growth is expected to slow down in 2023 more markedly than initially expected because the continuing war in Ukraine has dimmed prospects of a post-pandemic…
Poland’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose to 43.0 points in September 2022 from 40.9 points in August, economic researcher S&P Global reported on October 3. Economists polled by PAP predicted the PMI would reach 40.1 points in September. Both manufacturing and new orders contracted in September amid inflation pressure, while business sentiment remained low. Polish…