Poland - Factors to Watch April 8
08/04/2026 06:59
WARSAW, April 8 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Wednesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): INTEREST RATES The two-day meeting of the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) begins on Wednesday, and on Thursday it will announce its decision on interest rates in Poland. Analysts polled by Reuters expect them to remain unchanged. WINDFALL TAX Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said that solutions for a windfall tax for energy companies are expected to be ready in April, private television Polsat News reported. SUBMARINES Negotiations regarding Poland's purchase of three submarines, to be manufactured by Swedish company Saab SAABb.ST, are expected to conclude in June. The contract is worth several billion zlotys, Rzeczpospolita daily reported. APARTMENT SALES UP Despite rising prices and macroeconomic uncertainty, apartment sales in Poland increased by as much as 40% year-on-year in March, Puls Biznesu daily reported, citing data from Otodom. ****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 (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com;))