Poland: Central bank backs retaining zloty

Poland’s currency is one of the sources of its economic success and giving it up would be a grave mistake, the governor of Poland’s central bank has said in an interview for the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna newspaper. Commenting voices saying Poland should switch to the euro, Adam Glapinski said the fact that Poland had kept…

Poland: unemployment level unchanged in July 2022

Poland’s unemployment rate remained unchanged month on month in July 2022 at 4.9%, the family and labour minister said. “July’s unemployment rate went down by 1% YoY,” Marlena Malag told a Polsat News private television programme. Malag added that the number of registered unemployed fell to 811,000 in July, down from 820,000 in June. The…

Poland: retail sales up in June 2022

Polish retail sales went up by 9.3% YoY in June after an 11.2% increase in May, Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported on August 3. Month on month, retail sales went down by 1%, the agency also said. Eurostat annual growth figures are work-day adjusted, while the monthly growth figures are also seasonally adjusted. Eurostat…

Poland: manufacturing PMI down in July 2022

Poland’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 42.1 points in July from 44.4 points in June, economic researcher S&P Global reported on August 1. Economists polled by PAP predicted the PMI would reach 43.7 points in July. The July reading was the lowest since May 2020. High inflation and lower demand resulting from poor economic…