Polish economic growth will decelerate this year to 1%, slightly above market expectations, economists from ING have said. The bank’s experts issued a statement on March 1 in response to the publication of a new report from S&P Global with data on Poland’s manufacturing sector purchasing managers’ index (PMI). The report showed that the index…
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili on March 1 met representatives of the Asian Development Bank to review work for organising the annual meeting of its Board of Governors in Tbilisi in 2024. The minister and representatives of the organisational team for the meeting noted the event would be a “great opportunity to present Georgia in…
More than 26,500 disadvantaged families received emergency aid of 4,900 lei as one-off aid for November 2022 – May 2023. According to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection (MMPS), at this stage, the World Food Program has transferred the payment to 32,057 beneficiaries from the 39,924 selected in the first round, in this sense…
The National Employment Agency (ANOFM) urges employers to declare the vacant jobs, including those for disabled people. According to ANOFM, economic agents can announce the territorial subdivisions for employment, in the area of which they have their legal address or in the area of which there is the job’s address. The informing of the territorial…
It is essential to employ internally displaced persons. This was urged by Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories, during a live broadcast at a United News telethon. She added that jobs for IDPs would be among the Government’s priorities this year. “While last year our priority was…
The Polish economy is showing signs of slowing after posting a 2% YoY GDP increase in the fourth quarter of 2022, a government think-tank said on February 28. Poland’s economy expanded by 3.6% YoY in the third quarter of 2022 and by 5.8% in the second quarter of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Office…
The number of regular Polish savers who have decided to put aside even more money has increased by 20%, as inflation has reached levels last seen in Poland the 1990s, a survey has found. Prices of consumer goods and services increased by 17.2% YoY in January, according to the Central Statistical Office. About 38% of…