Consumer prices in April 2023, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, increased by 14,7% (with an increase of prices of goods – by 15,1% and services – by 13,3%). As related to the previous month consumer prices increased by 0,7% (of which services – by 1,4% and goods – by 0,5%).

In 2022 there were 963 museums and museums branches, visited by 36.7 million people. Museums presented 2.6 thousand regular exhibitions and organised 4.4 thousand temporary exhibitions in Poland.

As at the end of April 2023 the REGON register included 5 039.3 thous. of national economy entities, i.e. by 0.3% more than a month before (3.5% more than in the corresponding period of the previous year). Newly registered entities in the REGON register A decrease in the number of newly registered entities was recorded for civil law partnerships (by 33.7%) and commercial companies (by 22.7%) in relation to the previous month. The number of newly registered natural persons conducting economic activity decreased (by 13.4%).

At the end of 2022, 72.8 thousand children deprived entirely or partly of their own family, were staying in foster care, of which 56.2 thousand in family foster care and 16.6 thousand children in institutional foster care. In comparison to 2021 the number of children in foster care increased by 0.7%.

In the first quarter of 2023, there were 96 274 registrations of enterprises recorded i.e. 3.7% more than in the corresponding period of previous year and 122 enterprises declared bankruptcy i.e. 38.6% more than in the corresponding period of previous year.

The net assets of the target date Employee Capital Plans (ECP) funds at the end of 2022 amounted to PLN 12.0 billion, which means their increase by PLN 4.3 billion during the year.

Consumer prices according to the flash estimate in April 2023, compared with the corre-sponding month of the previous year, increased by 14,7% (price index 114,7), and as re-lated to the previous month increased by 0,7% (price index 100,7).