In most of presented kinds of activities general business climate indicator in September is at a similar level as in the previous month. In the majority of researched areas deterioration of “forecast” components has been reported, whereas “diagnostic” ones improve or do not change.

In August 2021, average paid employment in enterprise sector was higher by 0.9% y/y and amounted to 6352.0 thousand, while average wages and salaries were higher by 9.5% y/y and amounted to 5843.75 PLN (gross).

The Labour Demand Survey is conducted using a representative method on a quarterly basis. According to the scope of the survey, it covers notional economy entities and their local units employing at least 1 person. The survey shows that at the end of the second quarter of 2021, the number of occupied jobs was almost the same as at the end of the second quarter of 2020.

At the end of the second quarter of 2021, the number of job vacancies in Poland was 142.8 thousand and was 29.6% higher than at the end of the first quarter of 2021.

In July 2021 entities having 50 or more persons employed and participating in the monthly survey of production of industrial products, reported production of 1 893 550 face masks used in medicine and 3 113 488 other protective face masks.

Since the first quarter of 2021, the base of the LFS methodology have been definitions re-garding employed, unemployed and economically inactive persons included in the Resolu-tion concerning statistics of work, employment and labour underutilization. The resolution was worked out at the Nineteenth International Conference of Labour Statisticians in Geneva (ICLS) and recommended by the International Labour Organization (ILO) for the use in all countries of the world (until the end of 2020, the LFS base had constituted provisions of the Thirteenth ICLS of 1982).

In most of presented kinds of activities general business climate indicator in August is at a similar level as in the previous month. In the majority of researched areas deterioration of “forecast” components has been reported, whereas “diagnostic” ones do not change.

In July 2021, average paid employment in enterprise sector was higher by 1.8% y/y and amounted to 6361.7 thousand, while average wages and salaries were higher by 8.7% y/y and amounted to 5851.87 PLN (gross).

According to the flash estimate, gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms seasonally unadjusted was higher by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter of 2021 year-to-year against 8.3% decrease in the corresponding period of 2020.

In April 2021, 379.8 thousand tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments that is 4 times more than a year ago. The number of overnight stays also increased to the same extent. An increase in the number of tourists and overnight stays also took place in May 2021.