Prosperity index inches down in September

The prosperity index calculated by the Bureau for Investments and Economic Cycles (BIEC) inched down by 0.2 points month-on-month in September, the Polish Press Agency reports. Changes in the indicator have been only slight since its maximum in May, BIEC said. This means that the economic situation of households is neither improving nor getting worse. The decline of consumer prices was visible mostly in food and clothing. At the same time, the situation of employees improved only slightly, BIEC analysts said.