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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.
The ruling elites don’t believe in the Ukrainian banking system
Michał KozakUkrainian MPs are demanding the dismissal of the management and changes in the scope of responsibility of the central bank of Ukraine.
Complex regulations for the most difficult bank situations
Jacek RamotowskiPoland was one of the last countries in the European Union which introduced the regime of orderly liquidation of banks, known as 'resolution'.
Ukraine nationalises its largest bank and IMF is satisfied
Michał KozakThe Ukrainian government has decided to nationalize Privatbank - the country’s largest bank, which belonged to the oligarch Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
Central and Eastern Europe will develop fast
Katarzyna StańkoI am confident that for the next 5 to 10 years Poland will continue to grow if the world economy is growing without a major global recession or depression, says Peter Jarrett, PhD, Head of the OECD Central and Eastern Europe...
Europe builds new rules of financing through the market
Jacek RamotowskiA year after announcing its plan, the European Commission has promised to accelerate the implementation of the capital markets union project. It is more and more clear that it has no alternative and Brexit may only foster...
Choosing ways to enhance productivity
Jacek RamotowskiEurope needs productivity growth, said Hans Peter Lankes, Managing Director for corporate strategy at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Smartphones in the fight with a financial exclusion
Mirosław CiesielskiWorldwide over 80 per cent of people have a mobile phone. At the same time, only a half of them use financial services. There is an opportunity to fill this gap and resolve the problem of financial exclusion which will also...
Deloitte: 2017 will be very difficult for banks in Poland
Maria BnińskaDigitization is the key to maintaining banks’ profitability in the coming years, and Poland is the CEE leader.
Polish banks are accelerating the restructuring of their networks
Jacek RamotowskiA decrease in profitability and an increase in costs caused, among others, by the banking tax mean that the Polish banks are speeding up the restructuring of their networks and employment.
Ukraine’s banking sector is out of the woods, but significant challenges remain
Sergei KuznetsovUkrainian banking landscape has changed dramatically over the past two and a half years. CE Financial Observer talks with Kateryna Rozhkova, the central bank's deputy governor.