Poland - Factors to Watch August 29
29/08/2025 06:55
WARSAW, Aug 29 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Friday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): POLISH F-16 CRASH A Polish Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed during a rehearsal for an airshow in Radom, central Poland, and the pilot died, the army said on Thursday. DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2026 The Polish government raised its 2025 deficit forecast on Thursday and projected only a modest fall next year as high defence, welfare and debt servicing spending hamper efforts to rein in the budget shortfall. FLASH CPI At 0800 on Friday, the Polish Statistical Office released preliminary inflation data for August. Analysts polled by Reuters estimate that price growth slowed to 2.9% from 3.1% in July. DIVIDENDS Minister of State Assets Wojciech Balczun said that he expects the results of state-owned companies to increase in the coming years, and the ministry will continue its active dividend policy, Gazeta Wyborcza daily reported. ****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 = 3.6405 zlotys) (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com; tel. +48 22 6539700))