Poland - Factors to Watch August 19

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19/08/2024 06:58

WARSAW, Aug 19 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on
Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours):
    
    DEBT SUPPLY
    Polish finance ministry to publish bond supply details for
Wednesday's auction  
    
    PUBLIC FINANCES 
    The finance ministry is not currently working on tax
increases, Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said. He added that
the government currently has a margin of safety when it comes to
the public debt to GDP ratio, Newsweek reported.
    
    LEASING INDUSTRY
    The leasing industry had a successful first half of 2024. It
financed movable and real estate assets with a total value of
54.2 billion zloty ($14.05 billion) in the period, 13.5% more
than a year earlier, Rzeczpospolita newspaper reported.
    
    EU FUNDS
    Poland has never had access to so much money from the
European Union funds as it has now, Minister of Funds and
Regional Policy Katarzyna Pelczynska-Nalecz said. This is owed
to 76 billion euros available from structural funds overlapping
with 60 billion euros from the EU post-pandemic recovery funds,
she said, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reported.
    
    
                                                       
    ****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish
media and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
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($1 = 3.8588 zlotys)

 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)
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