In 1st half of 2020, financial results of cultural institutions were lower than those achieved in comparable period of the previous year. Total revenues decreased by 7.0% and total costs by 10.2%. Investment outlays remained at the same level as in comparable period of the previous year.

In September 2020, there was a slight improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, synthetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -15.0a which was by 0.2 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

Short-term analysis of phenomena and processes in the national economy, including monthly, quarterly and annual information, among others, on the labour market, wages and salaries, prices, basic areas of the national economy (agriculture, industry, construction, the domestic market), balance of payments and foreign trade.

In most of presented kinds of activities general business climate indicator in September remains at a similar level or it is better, compared to the previous month. However, only in information and communication as well as financial and insurance activities sections it is positive. In most of research areas improvement of “diagnostic” components as well as “forecast” ones is observed.

In August 2020, average paid employment in enterprise sector was lower by 1.5% y/y and amounted to 6295.0 thousand, while average gross wages and salaries were higher by 4.1% y/y and amounted to 5337.65 PLN.

In June this year, 1.3 million tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments and 3.6 million overnight stays were provided for them. Compared to June 2019, this was lower by 63.6% and 61.1% respectively. A decrease in the number of tourists was also recorded in July 2020, compared to the corresponding month of the previous year; the number of persons accommodated was lower by about 34.7%, according to estimates.

In the second quarter of 2020, the producer prices for business services decreased by 0.4% compared to the previous quarter, and in comparison to the second quarter of 2019, they increased by 1.2%

In the second quarter of 2019, there was an increase in the number of employed persons of over 2%, and in 2020, a decrease in the number of employed persons of almost 3%.

At the end of the second quarter of 2020, the number of job vacancies in Poland, in entities of the national economy or in their local units employing at least 1 person, was 81.4 thousand and was 4.9 thousand or 6.4% higher than at the end of the first quarter of 2020. As compared to the end of the second quarter of 2019, the number of vacancies was lower by 70.4 thousand or 46.4%. At the end of the second quarter of 2020, there were still 17.0 thousand unfilled newly created jobs.

Gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2nd quarter of 2020 was lower by 8.2% year-on-year comparison against the growth of 4.6 % in the correspording quarter of 2019 (constant average prices of the previous year).