Polish firms optimistic towards future

Poland's entrepreneurs are optimistic about the condition of the economy, according to Busometr ZPP, the economic sentiment indicator for small and medium-sized companies. The indicator amounted to 53.8 percent last December. Small (58.84 pct) and micro companies (54.5 pct) are the most optimistic towards economic prospects. Firms from Southern Poland see the future the brightest (56.5 pct) and those from Central Poland have the worst predictions (52 pct). As many as 42 percent of the respondents believe that the condition of the economy will not change, 34.5 percent of them expect it to worsen and 24.4 percent think the opposite. There were 348 entrepreneurs participating in the survey conducted in December 2014. ZPP (Związek Przedsiębiorców i Pracodawców) is a Polish employers' organization.