Seasonally unadjusted gross domestic product (GDP) in the 2nd quarter of 2023 was lower by 0.6% year-on-year comparision against the increase of 6.1% in the corresponding quarter of 2022 (constant average prices of the previous year).

Intermodal transport allows to create modern transport chains that combine two or more modes of transport into one system. It is based on nodes representing the interconnection points of the various modes of transport involved in the transport of goods without changing the loading unit. The greater number of nodes (land and maritime terminals), the easier it is to access the connection network.

In the second quarter of 2023, economically active persons accounted for 58.2% of the population aged 15-89 years. Compared with the first quarter of 2023, the rate decreased by 0.2 pp., while compared with the second quarter of 2022, it increased by 0.3 pp.

In August 2023, there was an improvement in both current and future consumer sentiment moods compared to the previous month. The current consumer confidence indicator, syn-thetically describing the current trends in individual consumption, was -22.3 which was by 2.6 p.p. higher in relation to last month.