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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.
Unconditional basic income — necessary or not?
Vedran ObućinaSpain will be the first European country to introduce the Unconditional Basic Income (UBI). Nadia Calvino, the deputy prime minister, said that UBI might become a structural and permanent instrument, not only a temporary way...
How will we fly after the pandemic?
Filip BrokešAll airlines are reporting slashing revenues as global air traffic comes nearly to a halt due to the pandemic. Now as many governments are beginning to slowly roll back the lockdown measures, airliners are preparing...
Offshore wind farms are necessary for the energy industry
Tomasz ŚwiderekThe International Energy Agency predicts that over the next 20 years their power generation capacity will have increased 15-fold or more. According to the Polish government, during this time the generation capacity of...
Innovative chats do not support innovation
Sebastian Stodolak“We have become a victim to the mania of talking about innovation and have neglected other important areas of the economy, i.e. people who make the world go round but who do not invent new products,” says professor Lee...
Renewables to be hit by the global lockdown
Jo HarperAccording to the Wood Mackenzie Energy Transition Practice, industry risk is weighted towards new project execution as Europe and North America are in the lockdown. The scope and scale of quarantines continues but the...
Poland’s gas company won USD1.5bn compensation claim from Gazprom
Jo HarperStockholm Arbitration Tribunal has issued a decision in favor of Polish oil and gas company PGNiG. The decision changes the method of pricing for Russian gas, attaching it to the prices for gas in Western Europe and is...
Russia’s reserves quickly depleting
Filip BrokešThe falling oil prices combined with the extra-budgetary spending requirements needed to support ailing businesses means that Russia’s National Welfare Fund will most likely be empty much earlier than previously thought....
Corona bonds may repeat the euro bonds’ fate
Grażyna ŚleszyńskaDespite the financial markets having suffered losses in the first instance — spurring the European Central Bank decision to inject EUR750bn into the system — it is the real economy which will be the hardest hit by...
Bad news for meat producers
Vedran ObućinaThe debate on the sustainability of the meat sector in the EU is heating up, and the role of alternative proteins is mentioned in political circles. Recent research conducted by the UN warns that climate change could affect...
How does Europe deal with problem banks?
dr Beata Zdanowicz, Jarosław Michalewicz, Justyna Pycka, Magdalena KozińskaIn 2010, former Governor of the Bank of England, Mervin King, said that “large, complex financial institutions are global — at least in life if not in death.” He highlighted the lack of an international framework for...