85% of Polish companies expect further increase in operating costs

The average increase in the prices of products and services necessary for Polish companies to do business was as high as 37.4 percent in August, well above the GUS's inflation reading of 16.1 percent last month. According to a survey conducted by the National Guarantee Fund. Higher costs have caused Polish companies to look for price bargains more often, or to abandon corporate purchases altogether.

"This is most worrying because if a company doesn't…