Poland - Factors to Watch April 9
09/04/2026 06:52
WARSAW, April 9 (Reuters) - The following are significant news stories, press reports and events on Thursday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): INTEREST RATES On Thursday, the Monetary Policy Council will announce its decision on interest rates in Poland. Analysts polled by Reuters expect them to remain unchanged. WORLD BANK Emerging and developing economies in Europe and Central Asia face a sharp slowdown this year under a scenario of a large but temporary rise in energy prices from the conflict in the Middle East, the World Bank said on Wednesday. FUEL PRICES News of a two-week ceasefire in the U.S.-Iran war brought relief, as even a temporary ceasefire is better than war, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday, adding that he treated the information with "great caution". REX CONCEPTS Restaurant company Rex Concepts, which operates Burger King and Popeyes restaurants in Poland, plans to debut on the Warsaw Stock Exchange and conduct a public offering of its shares, expecting proceeds from the sale to reach up to 560 million zlotys ($153.62 million), 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 = 3.6453 zlotys) (Reporting by Warsaw Bureau) ((warsaw.newsroom@reuters.com;))