Poland’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged MoM at 2.7% in April, Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, reported on June 1. The number of unemployed rose to 470,000 in April from 466,000 in March, Eurostat also said. According to Eurostat, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in the eurozone countries stood at 6.5% in April, after correction, against…
Prices of consumer goods and services (Consumer Price Index, CPI) rose by 13% YoY and were unchanged month on month in May, the Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on May 31. In a flash estimate, GUS said that May’s CPI would reach 13% YoY and remain flat month on month. In April, the prices of…
As of May 26, the Export Credit Agency has already supported merchandise exports worth UAH 1.24 billion. At the same time, the ECA’s insurance liability amounted to UAH 312.07 million. This means that each hryvnia of export support provided through the ECA in 2023 will potentially generate UAH 3.97 in foreign exchange earnings. In total,…
Fuel company PKN Orlen plans to offer drivers a summer discount on petrol and diesel purchases, the newspaper Rzeczpospolita writes. According to the paper, Orlen could cut the price of both fuels by PLN 0.33 (EUR 0.06) a litre, in a move similar to a promotional campaign it carried out last summer. The discounts will…
Unlike residents in Estonia and Lithuania, who spend more than 0 to 40 euros on various everyday needs, residents in Latvia usually spend no more than 10 euros on the same expenses. In other cases Latvian residents do not set any borders for spending habits at all, according to results of a survey among the…
The Verkhovna Rada has voted in favour of draft laws No. 9275 and No. 9276, which abolish VAT and import duties on drone components for the duration of martial law. 284 and 289 MPs supported the bills respectively. The Government continues to promote the production of UAVs in Ukraine. After all, drones technologically strengthen the…
Since the start of the Affordable Loans at 5-7-9% State Programme, business entities have received 62,598 loans from authorised banks totalling UAH 201.45 billion, of which 41,517 from public sector banks totalling UAH 87.63 billion (as of 29.05.2023). Over the past week, 606 concessional loans totalling UAH 2.8 billion were issued under the programme, including…