Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 1

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01/02/2022 07:25

Feb 1 (Reuters) - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that could affect Poland's financial markets
on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour):
        
    DATA
    IHS Markit is due to publish manufacturing PMI data for
January.
    
    VAT
    The VAT rate on the majority of food products was cut to 0%
from Tuesday, and on fuel to 8%, but clients should not expect
much lower prices in shops, Rzeczpospolita daily said. 
    
    UKRAINE
    Poland will supply Ukraine with anti-aircraft missiles, the
head of the National Security Bureau told broadcaster Polsat
News. 
    Pawel Soloch also said some of the 8,500 soldiers the United
States has declared would be moved to NATO's Eastern flank could
be stationed in Poland.  

    DEMOGRAPHY
    Only 331,000 children were born in Poland in 2021, the
lowest number since the end of the Second World War, a report by
the statistics office cited by daily Gazeta Wyborcza showed. 
    
    ENERGY
    According to a report by think-tank Ember Climate, Poland
has produced nearly a third of all energy from coal in the
European Union and its emissions from energy production were 7%
higher than in 2019, Puls Biznesu daily said. 
    

    
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG 
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX 
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX 
 
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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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