October 02, 2024 14:05 GMT
POLAND: NBP Strikes Familiar Tone in October Policy Statement
POLAND
Highlights from the NBP's October polict statement:
- When the effects of the energy price increase fade [...] inflation should return to the medium-term NBP target, although the impact of higher energy prices on inflation expectations is an uncertainty factor.
- Wage growth is still running at the high level.
- It can be estimated that inflation net of food and energy prices also rose, but remained lower than CPI inflation. In August 2024, the annual fall in producer prices remained significant.
- Demand and cost pressures in the Polish economy remain relatively low, which amidst weakened economic conditions and lower inflation pressure abroad curbs domestic inflation pressure.
- The Council judges that consumer price growth is also constrained by the appreciation of the zloty exchange rate
- However, price pressure in the domestic economy is stimulated by a marked wage growth
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