Poland - Factors to Watch Nov 16

Neowiz

16/11/2023 07:11

WARSAW, Nov 16 - The following are news stories, press
reports and events that may affect Poland's financial markets on
Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hours):
    
    DATA
    Poland's central bank to release its core inflation data at
1200.
    
    ABORTION LAW
    As much as 65% of Poles supports liberalization of existing
abortion law, while almost 20% believes the rules on terminating
pregnancies should not be changed or even need to be more
strict, according to a poll by United Surveys, Dziennik Gazeta
Prawna reports.
    PENSION RULES 
    The Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the legislation
exempting pensions of Poles who retired before 2021 from
indexation breaches the constitution. The financial consequences
of the ruling need to be shouldered by the new government,
Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports.  

    HOUSING LOANS
    State-controlled banks have gained substantial competitive
advantage over private lenders thanks to the government program
that subsidises mortgage loans. Meanwhile, the future of the
program remains uncertain, Rzeczpospolita reports.
    
    PARLIAMENT'S SPEAKER ADDRESS
    Parliament's speaker Szymon Holowania is planning a TV
address at 18.00 

    
****Reuters has not verified stories reported by Polish media
and does not vouch for their accuracy.****
    
    For other related news, double click on:
 Polish equities        PL-E      E.Europe equities      .CEE 
 Polish money           PL-M      Polish debt            PL-D  
 Eastern Europe         EEU       All emerging markets   EMRG 
 Hot stocks             HOT       Stock markets          STX 
 Market debt news       DBT       Forex news             FRX 
 
 For real-time index quotes, double click on:
 Warsaw WIG20  .WIG20   Budapest BUX  .BUX   Prague PX  .PX 



($1 = 4.0558 zlotys)

 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau)
 ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))