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Polish GDP rose 4.3 per cent in 2011 [Jan 27, 2012] Warsaw (dpa) - Poland?s economy grew 4.3 per cent, compared to 3.9 per cent in 2010, the Central Statistical Office said Friday in a sign the country had maintained robust growth."This is a very good result. It means that we really have had a very good year behind us," Anna Zielinska-Glebocka, of the Polish central bank?s Monetary Policy Council, told TVN 24.Strong retail sales and public ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Central Bank Keeps Its Benchmark Rate at 4.5%, Matching Forecasts [Jan 11, 2012] Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Poland ?s central bank kept borrowing costs unchanged today, leaving the benchmark seven-day interest rate at 4.5 percent, according to a statement by the Monetary Policy Council in Warsaw. The decision matched the forecast of all 30 economists in a Bloomberg survey. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland Needs to Hold Interest Rates on Inflation Risk, Chojna-Duch Says [Sep 12, 2011] Poland should keep interest rates unchanged this year as commodity prices may accelerate inflation in 2012, said Elzbieta Chojna-Duch, a central bank monetary- policy maker. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish central banker sees CPI near target in 1 year [Jun 27, 2011] WARSAW : Inflation in Poland should ease back to around the 2.5-percent target in about a year, the Monetary Policy Council (MPC) member Jerzy Hausner was quoted on Monday as saying. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland's Benchmark Rate Will Probably Reach 4.25% by June, Bratkowski Says [Mar 10, 2011] The Polish central bank will probably raise the benchmark interest rate to a two-year high of 4.25 percent by the end of June to keep inflation in check, Monetary Policy Council member Andrzej Bratkowski said. [via YahooNews] More >>

UPDATE 1-Polish rates should rise in March or Q2-cenbanker [Feb 16, 2011] (Adds details) WARSAW, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Poland needs to raise interestrates in March or in the second quarter, a member of thecentral bank's Monetary Policy Council (MPC) said onWednesday. "It's ... [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland raises interest rates as inflation picks up [Jan 19, 2011] (AP:WARSAW, Poland) Poland's central bank has raised its key interest rate by 25 basis points to 3.75 percent as inflation has picked up speed. The bank's Monetary Policy Council raised the reference rate Wednesday from 3.5 percent after having kept it at that historic low since June 2009. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Rates May Rise This Month, Glapinski Says [Jan 04, 2011] Poland?s central bank may start increasing interest rates in January as the zloty has lost its power to keep inflation in check, Adam Glapinski, a member of the Monetary Policy Council, said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Rates May Rise This Month, Glapinski Says [Jan 03, 2011] Poland?s central bank may start increasing interest rates in January as the zloty has lost its power to keep inflation in check, Adam Glapinski, a member of the Monetary Policy Council, said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Polish Rates May Rise This Month on Weak Zloty, Glapinski Says [Jan 03, 2011] Poland?s central bank may start increasing interest rates in January as the zloty has lost its power to keep inflation in check, Adam Glapinski, a member of the Monetary Policy Council, said today. [via YahooNews] More >>

Poland May Raise Interest Rates This Month on Weaker Zloty, Glapinski Says [Jan 03, 2011] Poland?s central bank may start increasing interest rates in January as the zloty has lost its power to keep inflation in check, Adam Glapinski , a member of the Monetary Policy Council, said today. [via YahooNews] More >>