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  • Poland: Strong wage increases

    The first half of 2007 saw an acceleration of economic activity, driven by booming domestic demand. Growing labour shortages have fuelled strong wage increases. The pick-up in unit labour costs and record-high capacity utilisation rates have darkened the inflation outlook. Persistent strength in domestic demand should support growth, but the current account deterioration is projected to continue.

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  • Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski of Poland (right) greets Secretary-General Angel Gurría. ©Polish government

    Poland’s first 10 years

    “One of the most remarkable transitions in modern history,” is how Secretary-General Angel Gurría described Poland’s accomplishments since the end of the Cold War, in a special address at a conference celebrating 10 years of Polish membership of the OECD held in Warsaw on 23 November 2006.

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  • The soaring eagle

    Poland has just marked 10 years as a member of the OECD. It has made considerable progress, but more is needed to speed up convergence with the most advanced European economies.

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    Polish innovation

    After two years of slow growth and rising unemployment, GDP in Poland finally turned around in 2004 and is set to pick up to around 4.5% in 2006-07. According to the latest OECD Economic Survey of Poland (June 2006), the long process of convergence with EU partners may have resumed, though with GDP per head still under 45% of the EU average, there is much to be done.

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