PMI, the Purchasing Managers Index, increased to 53.8 points in August in Poland. This result is much higher than expected by experts, wyborcza.biz notes. August was the tenth consecutive month when PMI was above 50 points in Poland.

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) published their monthly report presenting the country’s socio-economic situation.

Poland’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) has published its annual report TRANSPORT – ACTIVITY RESULTS IN 2009. The publication is available in Polish and English. It contains comprehensive and detailed information on the sector’s activity.

Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and the EU signed an agreement on the creation of a new perspective for the European Economic Area and Norway Grants on July 28th, 2010. EUR 788 billion will be made available for projects reducing social and economic disparities within the EEA. EUR 578 million from the amount will be allocated to Poland.

The number of passengers using Polish airports keeps growing. According to data published by the Civil Aviation Office (ULC), airports in Poland served over 9,101,000 passengers in H1 2010.

OECD analysts predict the Polish economy will continue to grow at a steady pace until 2012, RAFAŁ BANIAK, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of the Economy said at a press conference in Warsaw on July 28.

In the firm belief that Poland’s skepticism towards initial drafts of the Europa 2020 programme is dictated by common sense, and in light of pressure by European public opinion for the EU to unilaterally raise the scale of its obligations at world climate talks, “Polish Market” asked Environment Ministry Undersecretary BERNARD BŁASZCZYK to comment on the Polish government’s current stand on the matter.

“In Polish conditions, steel will remain a basic building and structural material. Even the crisis year of 2009 upset the position of the steel sector only for a short while,” write Romuald Talarek and Kamila Grabowska, experts of the Polish Steel Association (HIPH).

In his first address the Polish Parliament President of the National Bank of Poland (NBP) Marek Belka presented two documents: Report on implementation of monetary policy for 2009 and Report on the activities of the National Bank of Poland in 2009. These two documents examined the conditions of NBP’s monetary policy and statutorily defined central bank functions.