GUS: GDP growth increases; Poles borrowing more from commercial banks

The figure contradicts those released by other think-tanks, the Gdansk Institute for Market Economics (IBnGR) and the Center for Social and Economic Analysis (CASE), whose estimates were 2.9% and 3% respectively. In the view of Tadeusz Toczynski, head of GUS, the most characteristic elements of the economy in the first half are increased lending to households by commercial banks, deterioration of the country's trade deficit and the diminishing profits by corporations. (Parkiet, page 5)