Polish Market

ECONOMIC MONITOR

• ● In December 2009 and January 2010, as in previous months in the second half of 2009, the Polish economy stood out against other countries in terms of GDP growth. Poland’s economic growth was higher than projected and higher than in other European countries.
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• In 2009 construction output increased by 3.7%.
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• Retail sales increase in most product groups.
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• On the Warsaw Stock Exchange, stock prices were very volatile in January 2010.
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• At the end of December 2009 the registered unemployment rate (claimant count rate) amounted to 11.9% versus 11.4% in November.
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• At the end of January the president signed the 2010 budget bill into law. The bill was adopted by the parliament on December 18.
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• In the fourth quarter of 2009 the Polish economy turned out to be more resistant to the global crisis than had been projected and than the economies of Polish neighbours, something which boosts optimism in forecasts for 2010 and the next years.
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PODCAST

• Why do Israeli property developers pick Poland?

• New Polish president’s economic priorities

• Storm over homoerotic art show at Warsaw’s National Museum

• Poland’s new president Bronislaw Komorowski: a pragmatic, pro-business, euroenthusiast

• Poland and OECD innovation strategy

• How to make the Polish economy more innovative?

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WEEKLY MARKET ANALYSIS

No macroeconomic data for the Polish economy will be published at the beginning of this week. On Friday, the National Bank of Poland (NBP) will release balance of payment estimates for July. We think that the current account deficit was EUR750 million, a figure similar to that recorded in June. Bloomberg’s consensus forecast is EUR1,004 million.

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