Poland
Economy
Poland's unemployment rate ticked down to 14.3% in March, from a high of 14.4% in February. While the economy has yet to show signs of a robust recovery, we expect unemployment to continue...
2013-05-01Economy
The Polish government has said that it is not keen on the pipeline projects suggested by OAO Gazprom that would circumvent Ukraine and - it claims - would use natural gas as a political...
2013-05-01Economy
On the back of weaker than expected fiscal consolidation in 2012, and our expectation for a collapse in inflation and stagnant domestic demand to weigh on government receipts, we have...
2013-04-30Political Risk
The horse-meat scandal originating in the UK has had strong reverberations in Poland, as some food chains have been found to lead back to domestic producers. Un-named Polish officials...
2013-03-28Economy
Poland's retail sales index contracted by 0.8% y-o-y in March, showing the severity of the recent collapse in domestic demand - retail sales grew by 10% y-o-y in March 2012. We expect...
2013-03-28Economy
Prime Minister Donald Tusk's gamble on putting euro adoption to a referendum appears ill-timed given Cyprus's recent woes. However, while there is clearly a risk his move will backfire,...
2013-03-28Economy
Following a surprise benchmark rate cut on March 6 by the National Bank of Poland, we have revised down our rate expectations for the year. We now expect rates to remain on hold at...
2013-03-27Economy
Prime Minister Donald Tusk told parliament on February 19 that Poland will not adopt the euro any time in the near future. Tusk said that adopting the euro is not possible for several...
2013-02-26



