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Government Will Change Spending Rule To Continue Loose Fiscal Policy

POLAND
  • Yesterday, Poland announced that it will replace on of the variables of the spending rule; conditional on the current level of inflation, the current rule would imply a sharp readjustment in fiscal policy at the worst economic time.
  • Polish government also revised its 2022 inflation forecast higher to 9.1% and sees inflation averaging 7.8% in 2023.
  • Final May CPI print will be released this morning (10am CET) after preliminary data showed that inflation accelerated to 13.9% (vs. 12.4% the previous month)
  • In addition to the Ukraine war shock, we previously saw that the sharp tightening in financial conditions has been pricing in a significant slowdown in the economic activity in H2 2022 H1 2023.
  • For instance, the chart below shows that the sharp flattening of the traditional 2Y10Y yield curve has been pricing in a significant drop in the industrial production (‘proxy’ for economic growth).

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