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.

Assessment of the situation in manufacturing, construction, trade and services (with in-depth presentation of results in accommodation and food service activities) is based upon the subjective opinions about actual and future business situation expressed by the directors of the surveyed companies.

In April 2020 retail sales at constant prices were by 22.9% lower than the year before (against a growth of 11.9% in April 2019). Compared with March 2020 retail sales decreased by 12.3%. In the period of January-April2 2020 retail sales y/y were by 5.8% lower (against a growth of 6.5% in 2019).

In May business tendency is assessed less negative than in the previous month in most presented kinds of activities, although further deterioration of current assessments (“diagnosis”) and improvement of expectations (“forecast”) are observed. The latter, however, remain at historically negative levels.

In April 2020, sold production of industry was by 24.6% lower than in April 2019, when the growth was recorded by 9.2%, whereas in comparison with March 2020, it decreased by 25.5%. In the period January-April of 2020, sold production of industry was by 5.6% lower than in the corresponding period of 2019, which saw a 6.8% increase.

In May 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 -30.1* which was by 6.3 p.p. higher in relation to last month.

Procurement prices of basic agricultural products decreased in April 2020 in comparison with the previous month (by 4.1%), while compared to April 2019 (by 3.6%).

In April 2020, average paid employment in enterprise sector was lower by 2.1% y/y and amounted to 6258.8 thousand, while average gross wages and salaries were higher by 1.9% y/y and amounted to 5285.01 PLN.

Summaries of weekly deaths, which include age, sex as well as subregion of residence of the deceased (Weekly deaths).

Assessment of the situation in manufacturing, construction, trade and services (with in-depth presentation of results in accommodation and food service activities) is based upon the subjective opinions about actual and future business situation expressed by the directors of the surveyed companies.