Poles optimistic about economy – report

According to research published by the Pew Research Center think tank, as many as 64 percent of Poles think that the current economic situation in their country is good, while 31 percent think otherwise. This is the fourth most optimistic result among advanced polled countries. The Netherlands ranked top, with 87 percent of the respondents claiming that the economic situation is good, followed by Germany (86 percent) and Sweden (84 percent). The share of Poles who think the economy is doing well has gone up 26 percentage points since 2015, and the proportion that believes the future will be better for the country’s children has risen 14 points. Interestingly, the think tank polled the economic sentiment based on political alignment. Generally, those who are ideologically aligned with the party in power are more positive about their country’s economic situation than those on the other end of the spectrum. In Poland, 76 percent of right-leaning voters claim that economic situation in Poland is good, while only 48 percent of the left think the same, thus creating a 28-point disparity between both sides. In Hungary, the divide is even deeper with 33 percentage point gap between two political viewpoints.