Slightly better business sentiment – The Busometer ZPP for the first half of 2023

Business sentiment for the next six months has improved slightly; however, it remains significantly pessimistic. The overall value of the BUSOMETER sentiment index in companies was 36.4, while the index was 32.4 in the previous research period…

Memorandum of the Union of Entrepreneurs and Employers: in light of the dramatic increase in operating costs, we need a set of laws for micro-enterprises

Polish entrepreneurs have been struggling with numerous crises and skyrocketing operating costs since 2020. This impacts directly their financial situation. In 1Q 2022, 161 thousand companies suspended business activity, while 104.3 thousand shut it down…

Opinion of the Chief Economist of ZPP – summary of 2022 and prospects for 2023

The year 2022 could be called interesting, in the sense in which the Chinese use the curse “may you live in interesting times”.  The beginning of the year brought concerns about inflation (although even pessimists predicted a peak in consumer inflation of approximately 10% year-on-year)…