In August 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 3 264 810 face masks used in medicine and 11 774 077 other protective face masks.

In the 1st half of 2020, the number of crossings of the Polish border was 86.9 million. Compared to the same period of the previous year, lower border traffic was recorded, both for foreigners (by 41.3%) and Poles (by 38.5%).The values of goods and services purchased in this period by foreigners in Poland (PLN 12.0 billion) and goods and services purchased by Poles abroad (PLN 6.0 billion) were lower than in the 1st half of 2019 by 44.7% and 41.5% respectively.

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.

Registered unemployed persons and unemployment rate by macroregion, region and subregions. As at the end of August 2020.

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.