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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.
Poland needs to develop its small and medium-sized cities
Marek PielachThe real differences in economic development are not between western and eastern Poland but between 200 small and medium-sized cities, where life conditions are sometimes worse than in the villages.
Rubber-stamps and digital fintech companies are difficult to reconcile
Mirosław CiesielskiIn Poland there is still a pervasive requirement to obtain official stamps on numerous documents associated with running a company. Such environment is limiting the expansion of Polish fintechs.
Labor supply in Poland will continue to decrease for years
Marek PielachIn the coming decades, there will be fewer and fewer workers in Poland, they will be getting increasingly old, and these trends could only be limited by higher fertility and professional activity rates.
Southeast Europe has “vast renewable energy potential,” renewable energy agency says
Jo HarperThe region of Southeast Europe (SEE) has vast technical renewable energy potential of 740 gigawatts (GW), according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Green Bond market breaks new ground in Europe
Jo HarperThe Green Bond market is developing rapidly, reaching the USD150bn barrier in 2016, with France and Finland officially becoming the first states to issue such bonds a milestone.
A new wave of Ukrainian migration to Poland
Grzegorz Dobroczek, Jan Puzynkiewicz, Iza ChmielewskaThe Ukrainians residing in Poland work really hard, an average of 54 hours per week, and they transfer the majority of the earnings to the families in Ukraine. In 2015, they sent a total of EUR1.1bn.
Black Sea a testing ground for Russia’s application of ‘shadow war’
Jo HarperThe report by the Centre for European Policy Analysis’ (CEPA) ‘The Black Sea Strategy Project’ analyses the Black Sea as a component of Russia’s military strategy in the context of Moscow’s revisionist geopolitical...
The game of patience
Konrad NiklewiczWestern Balkan countries start to get impatient with the prolonged accession process. As understandable as it is, they should be aware: EU’s enlargement policy walks the tightrope.
The number of Poles considering migration has fallen to a record low
Jan DaraszAccording to the employment agency, Work Service, and its 5th Report on Polish migration only 11.9 per cent of respondents replied that they were considering moving abroad which was the lowest level since the beginning of...
Czech and Romania employees are some of the happiest in the world
Jo HarperThe Czech Republic has some of the happiest employees in the world, according to a survey released by the Swedish firm Universum. The country ranked 10th on the chart of work satisfaction.