Basic information on the numbers and structure of the population of Poland in 2019, and retrospective data prepared on the basis of population summaries.

The publication presents assessments regarding the current and anticipated economic situation formulated by entrepreneurs, as well as opinions on, among others barriers encountered in the business.

In June 2020 entities having 50 or more persons employed and participating in the monthly survey of production of industrial products, on voluntary basis additionally reported production of 1 842 143 face masks used in medicine and 10 965 412 other protective face masks.

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 July 2020, there was an improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indi-cator, synthetically describing the current trends in indi-vidual consumption, was -13.4a which was by 6.0 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

In July general business climate indicator is less negative than in June in most of presented kinds of activities. In information and communication sector it is even slightly positive, whereas the most pessimistic assessments are reported by companies operating in the field of accommodation and food service activities. Improvement is observed both in assessments (“diagnosis”) and expectations (“forecast”).

In June 2020, average paid employment in enterprise sector was lower by 3.3% y/y and amounted to 6185.8 thousand, while average gross wages and salaries were higher by 3.6% y/y and amounted to 5286.00 PLN.

In April this year, 86.4 thousand tourists were accommodated in tourist accommodation establishments and 326.2 thousand overnight stays were provided for them.

In the first two months of the pandemic, i.e. in March and April 2020, the estimated number of foreigners staying in Poland fell by 223 thousand, which represents a decline by 10.1% from the figure at the end of February.