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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.
Ukraine is getting down to reconstructing the Donbas
Michał KozakUkrainian government plans to spend USD1.8bn on a program of massive reconstruction of Donbas, the war-torn region but it's hard to believe that the ruined region could be revived.
The main element of uncertainty in 2017 is exports
Marek PielachThe GDP growth rate in 2017 will reach between 2.9 and 3 per cent. Investment will increase, with public investment growing more than private, believes Bohdan Wyżnikiewicz, the Vice President of the Institute for Market...
Trumponomics will change Europe
Witold GadomskiEurope should be afraid of American protectionism, as well as of turbulences in global financial markets triggered by the US budget deficit, growing inflation and protectionism.
Privatization of Belgrade’s “Nikola Tesla” airport
Milica MilojevićThe government of Serbia and the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport Joint Stock Company have recently issued a call to all interested parties regarding the 25 year long concession of the biggest Serbian airport.
Poland continues Baltic infrastructure investment
Jan DaraszThe Polish holiday resort of Świnoujście (Swinemuende) is the latest recipient of EU funding for infrastructural development – to build a tunnel linking the islands on which it is located.
China’s investments: billions for a good start, and promises of more to come
Adam KalińskiChina plans to establish a EUR10bn fund for investments projects in CSE, declared the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang during a summit in Riga in November 2016.
Electric cars drive the price of lithium
Tomasz ŚwiderekThe mass production of electric cars is still a thing of the future. However, this does not prevent an increase in the price of lithium, a metal which today seems to be necessary for the production of batteries for electric...
Baltic States high up on the 2017 Economic Freedom ranking
Jo HarperIn Europe Estonia has been placed second in the 2017 Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom. Lithuania was 8th and Latvia came in at 11th. In the global ranking Estonia is the 6th.
Poland to attract 30,000 British jobs to business-service sector in 2017
Jo HarperPart of that is a multi-year, PLN1 trillion (EUR233bn) plan to make the economy more innovative and to rely on domestic capital rather than a foreign investment, said deputy Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
Belarusian conflict with Russia isn’t only about gas but also about the common market
Jakub BiernatBelarus has been recently involved in an energy war with Russia. This conflict is not only about the prices, it’s also about equal treatment in the common market of the Eurasian Economic Community.