The Inquiry – Why is Poland’s economic system booming? | EUROtoday

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In February, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted a social media video celebrating new figures from the International Monetary Fund suggesting that the common particular person in Poland now has barely extra spending energy than the common particular person in Spain, the European Union’s fourth largest economic system.

It’s a symbolic milestone for a rustic that emerged from communism simply over three a long time in the past and as soon as struggled with hyperinflation and financial upheaval. In 2025, Poland’s economic system additionally handed the trillion-dollar mark, placing it in an elite group of simply 20 nations globally.

Investment from throughout the EU has helped drive progress. But can Poland hold its edge as labour shortages develop and the warfare in neighbouring Ukraine continues to form the area?

This week on The Inquiry, Tanya Beckett asks: Why is Poland’s economic system booming?

Contributors:
Dr Pawel Bukowski, lecturer in economics at University College London and Polish Academy of Sciences, UK
Iga Magda, affiliate professor on the Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
Katarzyna Rzentarzewska, chief CEE macro economist at Erste Group Bank AG, Austria
Rafal Benecki, chief economist at ING, Poland

Presenter: Tanya Beckett
Producer: Matt Toulson
Researcher: Evie Yabsley
Editor: Tom Bigwood
Technical Producer: Cameron Ward
Production Management: Phoebe Lomas and Liam Morrey

(Photo: A excessive road in Warsaw. Credit: NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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