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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.
Russia is out of breath
Jerzy RutkowskiThe Russian economy is going through the most difficult times in the 16-year-period of Vladimir Putin’s rule. The years of foreign investment expansion may be history.
The Carnegie ‘Reforming Ukraine’ project proposes serious economic reforms
Jo HarperCarnegie’s ‘Reforming Ukraine’ project published an interesting set of proposals for reforming Ukraine’s ailing economy. We present a brief overview of the main points below.
Poland – a country with a fertility rate lower than China
Piotr ArakPoland has a very low fertility rate, lower than the majority of European countries. There is a clear cultural difference – not so much in the level of wealth, but in the quality of life.
The labor market in Poland has become selective
Ignacy MorawskiThe situation on the Polish labor market is very good, most indicators look very "bullish", and people can see it.
The costs of dissolution of the Schengen Area
Andrzej GodlewskiGerman research institutes provide conflicting data on the costs of the possible dissolution of the Schengen Agreement.
Polish law is the most unstable in the European Union
Jan CipiurIn Poland, the regulatory activity of the state has got out of control. In 2014, twenty-five thousand pages of new regulations entered into force, but the state did not stop at that. In 2015 another 30,000 pages were...
Poland’s living standards converging with high-income countries – OECD
Jo HarperPoland’s economy has made “remarkable progress” over the last 20 years and living standards are now converging with those in other high-income countries, the OECD said.
No easy task ahead of Balcerowicz in Ukraine
Michał KozakUkrainian commentators are fairly sceptical in their assessment of the chances of two former deputy PM – Polish Leszek Balcerowicz and Slovac Ivan Miklos – who are to assist in reforming the Ukrainian economy. ...
Russia’s economy drops to a lower category
Jan CipiurLooking in from the outside, Russians are acting irrationally. Before looking at why the Russian economy is bad it makes sense to look at a few areas of the Russian economic weather in which there is no sign of the sun.
Slovakia’s banking sector resilient to potential shocks – central banker says
Jo HarperSlovak banks survived the European debt crisis with no need for any state aid and with sufficient capital levels.