Poles fear rising prices the most: a study
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Rising prices - this is the biggest economic concern of Poles at the moment, according to a study by UCE Research and SYNO Poland for Business Insider Polska. At the other extreme is concern about the decline in property values and rising loan installments.
As many as 46.2 percent of Poles are most afraid of rising inflation, as well as an increase in prices in shops (45.2 percent) and an increase in electricity prices (45.1 percent).
Next, Poles fear tax increases (32.7 percent) and fuel price increases (21 percent). Although the government assures that the Polish Deal will primarily be a tax reduction, even entrepreneurs who pay at a flat rate will pay more next year.
On the other hand, countrymen are least afraid of a decrease in the property's own value (2.5 percent), an increase in the mortgage installment (3.2 percent), a reduction in social benefits, such as, for example, 500 plus (8.7 percent), an increase in the price of services (8.5 percent) and layoffs (9.4 percent).
The survey shows that Poles who are most afraid of rising inflation are mainly well-educated people (higher and secondary education) aged 56-80 (52.7 percent) earning over PLN 9,000 net (51.7 percent) and PLN 3,000-5,000 (50.4 percent) and from large cities.
People who are afraid of price increases in stores are most often aged 56-80, have vocational (52 percent) and secondary (48.7 percent) education. They live mainly in villages and towns up to 5,000 inhabitants (51.7 percent). Their earnings are on average PLN 1,000-3,000 per hand (49.9 percent) and less than PLN 1,000 (49.2 percent).
