GDP to grow by 3.4% - NBP poll

According to a poll filled by 22 experts from the financial sector, research centers, unions and employers' organizations, Poland's GDP will amount to 3.4 percent in 2016 and 2017, and will slightly fall to 3.3 percent in 2016. The experts said that inflation will amount to -0.5 percent this year, 1.4 percent in 2017 and 1.9 in 2018. The unemployment rate will total 9.1 percent at the end of this and salaries would grow by PLN 4.2 percent. In the following years, unemployment will fall to 8.5 percent in 2017 and 8.3 percent in 2018. On July 15, the NBP said it forecasts Poland's GDP to grow by 3.2 percent this year, accelerate slightly to 3.5 percent in 2017 and grow by 3.3 percent in 2018.