Poland's shadow economy constitutes 29.1% of the country's GDP, according to a report by the World Bank cited by the Dziennik Gazeta Prawna . This result puts Poland on the 52th spot on the WB's ranking of 162 countries The newspaper compares these estimates to the data by the Polish stats office GUS, under which the informal economy made up 12.8% of GDP in 2007 and 11.8% in 2008. tom |
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The European Commission is referring Poland (and Cyprus) to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully transpose EU's Renewable Energy Directive, according to the ... more
The ZEW-Erste Group Bank Economic Sentiment Indicator for Poland (economic expectations) surged by 22.3pts m/m to 42.9pts in February, according to a report by the Center for European Economic ... more
When Poland joins the euro-zone, it will have to transfer EUR 5.47bn of its foreign-currency reserves to the European Central Bank, according to a statement by the ministry of finance. The ... more