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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.
Serbia between the investors
Jan MuśSerbia strives to follow the dream of Yugoslavia. Access to the Western capital and Eastern markets would be a perfect solution to obsolete industry, belated economy and impoverished society.
Bulgaria on top in terms of the automotive sector attractiveness in Europe
Jo HarperBulgaria heads a list of the top ten countries in Europe in terms of the attractiveness of its automotive sector, according to the Colliers and Automotive Cluster Bulgaria survey.
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.
Agreement reached on significant tax cuts for wage raise in Hungary
Gábor BraunAccording to the Hungary’s government, in the forthcoming two years minimum wage hike and lowering the direct tax burden of companies can give a new impetus to the slowing economic growth.
“It is time to play the music” or the Muppet show in Croatia
Jan MuśSince the beginning of the century, the Croatian state resembled musical introduction to the Muppet show. In the crucial moment, the leaders were repeating the same, old, good chorus “we are in favor of the European...
Poland’s government lowers retirement age, adding to budget deficit doubts
Jo HarperThe Polish lower house of parliament voted in November to halt increases in the retirement age, adding to pressures on government borrowing costs and leading some to believe the country could be forced back into the EU’s...
Hungarian Opimus buys Mediaworks
Jo HarperHungarian holding company Opimus has acquired Mediaworks from Vienna Capital Partners, a move bringing the publisher into government-friendly hands after its shutdown of a major leftist daily.
Slovakia’s public deficit in 2015 better than originally expected
Jo HarperSlovakia’s public deficit in 2015 was better than expected, improving by 0.26 percentage points, compared to a notification from the spring, to 2.71 per cent of GDP in the autumn, largely due to the improved...
Who is afraid of Donald Trump?
Ireneusz Paweł KarolewskiAlmost everybody was wrong about the chances of Donald Trump winning the presidential elections, in particular the so-called big-data prognosticators.