Russia's invasion of Ukraine is being felt throughout the global economy, but few places are as exposed to its impact as the Central and Eastern...
Europe | NBP hikes rates amid falling PLN and higher inflation prospects
Posted by Mateusz Urban on Mar 9, 2022
The National Bank of Poland (NBP) hiked its policy rate by 75bps at yesterday's meeting, bringing it to 3.5%. Although a continuation of monetary...
Europe | Key Themes 2022: CEE is in for an eventful year
Posted by Tomas Dvorak on Jan 20, 2022
After emerging as an outperformer in early 2021, the Central and Eastern European region is set to face an eventful year in 2022. This year should...
Poland | NBP reaffirms its hawkish turn
Posted by Mateusz Urban on Nov 4, 2021
The National Bank of Poland (NBP) hiked its policy rate by 75bps to 1.25% at yesterday’s meeting. Although some tightening was expected, the...
European Cities | Why Warsaw out-performs its rivals, at least for now
Posted by Jonathan Walker on Nov 4, 2021
We estimate that Warsaw’s GDP grew by 4.5% a year in the 2010-19 period, so notably faster than its five main rivals among EU accession cities....
Eurozone weekly economic briefing | Potential policy shakers this week
Posted by Daniela Ordonez on Oct 22, 2021
The week was full of events that could potentially become policy shakers. While the PMIs showed economic growth keeps cooling, energy prices...
Poland | Quantifying the costs of a prolonged clash with the EU
Posted by Mateusz Urban on Oct 22, 2021
The recent escalation of the conflict between Poland and the European Union has significantly increased the odds of a decisive response from the EU....
Europe | Inflation threats pose dilemmas for CEE policymakers
Posted by Tomas Dvorak on Jul 27, 2021
Elevated inflation is giving policymakers in Central and Eastern Europe headaches. Two of the regions’ outperformers, Poland and Hungary, are seeing...