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Obserwator Finansowy features views and analysis of economy in Poland and other countries, written by some of the best journalists, economists and analysts. Our mission is to share knowledge of economics and financial markets in the world.
Obserwator Finansowy is a project under aegis of the Poland’s central bank, Narodowy Bank Polski. We have published thousands of articles about the Polish and global economy. Our journalists have conducted hundreds of interviews with Nobel laureates, distinguished economists, business leaders and politicians with views across the political spectrum.
In this section you can find selected articles in English.
European automotive industry is on the turn
Tomasz Świderek2020 will be another difficult year for the European automotive industry. Not only because of the coronavirus but also concerns about whether customers will start buying electric cars from the beginning of 2020.
The geographical diversification of Poland’s foreign trade
Wojciech MroczekThe increase in the volume of Polish foreign trade is accompanied by growing disparities in the geographical structure of exports and imports. A significant part of Polish exports to EU countries is made up of products...
Offshore wind and solar power as Poland’s emerging energy mix
Jo HarperThe Port will use the land to increase the functionality of port services, with particular emphasis on the construction and operation of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, the port said. The authority has already carried...
Poland as the largest hauler in the EU road transport
Wojciech MroczekPoland's dominant position in EU road transport is a result of the growing trade turnover, the liberalization of access to the market of EU transport services and the high price competitiveness of Polish companies.
Good quality infrastructure
Paweł BagińskiGood quality infrastructure means more safety, less burden for the environment, more efficient provision of public goods and services, better jobs. The decision on whether to invest in good or poor infrastructure determines...
Does state aid for airlines work?
Jo HarperAir carriers are requesting state aid from their national governments in order to be able to ride out the slump and the hunt for bailouts is now starting to pick up pace. IATA predicts airlines losses at USD314bn in 2020.
Budapest has the highest ROI in real estate in the EU
Jo HarperFavorable economic indicators had a positive impact on investment in 2019 in the office, industrial and hotel development markets in Hungary, according to Lóránt Kibédi Varga, managing director of CBRE Hungary. Investment...
Future of Nord Stream2 gas pipeline
Jo HarperWill it, won’t it? The future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany is almost upon us and it’s still no clearer where we are. Poland hopes that the US sanctions will delay the project but is aware...
Tourism is the first to suffer
Jan CipiurThe case is simple. No traffic, no money. Sooner or later it will turn out how much money is missing, and then it is going to be even worse. Epidemics and pandemics have a very bad effect on humankind, and most of all on...
Polish economy braces as virus effect take hold
Jo HarperFitch expects Poland’s economic growth to ease to 1.8 per cent in 2020 from a previous forecast of 3.3 per cent. A V-shaped recovery should follow in 2021, however, with the economy expanding 3.2 per cent driven by...