Inflation reached 4.2% in July – the highest level this year – accelerating from 2.6% in June.
Inflation reached 4.2% in July – the highest level this year – accelerating from 2.6% in June.
Poland's government has announced that it will end the 0% VAT rate on food that was introduced two years ago to help soften the blow of soaring inflation. The finance ministry argues that the recent slowing of price rises renders the measure no longer necessary....
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The package – worth an estimated 10 billion zloty – is a response to the highest inflation in two decades.
The NBP has raised its key rate by three quarters of a percentage point to 1.25%.
Poland’s central bank has started raising interest rates this month.
Polish consumers say they are doing less frequent but bigger shopping trips.
The August figure of 5.4% is the highest since June 2001.
Electricity prices rose faster in Poland last year than anywhere else in the EU.
Poland recorded a GDP growth of 10.7% year-on-year in the second quarter.
Rising prices are piling pressure on Poland’s central bank to raise interest rates.
Poland has recorded the highest or second highest level of inflation among all EU member states in every month since March 2020.
Poland has recorded the highest or second highest inflation among all EU member states in every month since February last year.
Real estate value has risen with low interest rates, high inflation and growing salaries.
Costs are pushed up by domestic holiday-goers and “coronavirus” fees on services.