Poland - Factors to Watch September 1
01/09/2025 06:42
WARSAW, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): DATA On Monday at 0800, the Polish Statistical Office will publish data on the economic growth rate in the second quarter. According to the preliminary reading, Poland's GDP growth during this period was 3.4%. On Monday at 0700, the S&P Global Poland Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for Poland will be released. Economists expect it to have risen to 46.8 in August from 45.9 in July. INTEREST RATES The National Bank of Poland is expected to resume lowering interest rates on Wednesday, a majority of respondents in a Reuters poll said, as inflation falls within the bank's target range. MONEY FOR INNOVATION President Karol Nawrocki signed the draft law on the Technology Development Fund, which will allocate 5 billion zlotys ($1.37 billion) annually for innovation, Puls Biznesu 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))