Poland: manufacturing up in March 2022

Poland’s industrial output rose by 17.3% YoY in March, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on April 21. Month on month, industrial output increased by 18.2%. Economists polled by PAP expected March’s manufacturing to grow by 12.3% YoY and by 13.6% MoM. Seasonally adjusted industrial production went up by 17.2% YoY and by 2.1% MoM…

Poland: more Ukrainian refugees find jobs

Nearly 77,000 Ukrainian nationals have found employment in Poland since February 24, when Russia invaded their country, data from the Family and Labour Ministry showed. The Polish government has granted Ukrainian refugees 18-month residency permits and allowed them to take up jobs as well as given them access to healthcare, education and welfare schemes. About…

Ukraine: World Bank and IMF chiefs to discuss rebuilding phase with Shmyhal and Marchenko

On April 21, World Bank President David Malpass and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko to discuss further financial aid. “We’re going to have an important meeting on April 21, where we’ll talk with Ukraine’s prime minister and the…

Moldova: economic relations with United States to be strengthened

On the sidelines of a working visit to the United States, Deputy Prime Minister Nicu Popescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration attended a roundtable discussion with representatives of the American-Central European Business Association (ACEBA). According to the MAEIE press service, Popescu expressed the country’s interest in strengthening economic and investment relations with ACEBA…

Poland: manufacturing costs boost inflation

Poland’s high inflation in recent quarters has been fuelled by rising manufacturing costs owing to growing prices of oil and gas as well as government decisions, the Polish Chamber of Commerce (KIG) has said. Core inflation, which excludes the prices of food and energy, reached 6.9% YoY in March, the National Bank of Poland (NBP)…