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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.
Central Europe will be catching up faster than Asia
Ignacy MorawskiThe economic downturn in the emerging markets raises questions about their future. Will they continue catching up with the developed economies in spite of the current downturn, as they have over the past 20-30 years?
Belarus kick starts privatization as economy stumbles
Jo HarperBelarus has announced public sales and tenders for shares in 60 state-owned companies in 2016.
Low inflation and low growth is going to stay in CEE
Milena HarzyńskaLow growth and low inflation will continue in the eurozone for long, says Zsolt Darvas, Senior Fellow at Bruegel, Brussel. Some countries may have difficulties in refinancing their budget deficits.
The National Bank of Slovakia has raised its economic growth outlook
Jo HarperBut at the same time NBS again lowered its inflation predictions, pointing to lower oil prices and slower price growth in the services sector.
Diminishing chances for the strengthening of the PLN
Bohdan WyżnikiewiczInternational investors treat emerging markets as one which often leads to the withdrawal of capital from these markets thus weakening the local currency.
IMF gives Kosovo economy thumbs up
Jo HarperThe Kosovo economy is showing signs of improvement, the IMF noted in its first review of the Stand-by Arrangement with the country.
Confusing signals from Warsaw
Remi AdekoyaPoland’s government is right to try and shore up Polish capital, but not at the cost of antagonizing foreign investors
Polish government unveils 5-pillar economic roadmap to 2040
Jo HarperPoland’s Development Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has unveiled a 5-pillar “economic roadmap” for the country over the next 25 years.
Ukraine joins the Silk Road
Michał KozakThe new communication route connecting China with Ukraine, launched in mid-January, is the first step in pushing Russia out of the transit of goods all the way from the Great Wall to the Eiffel Tower.
Fleeting foreign financing
Jakub SawulskiThe growth dynamics of foreign debt and the share of foreign investors in sovereign Polish debt has been unusually high in recent years.