According to preliminary data construction and assembly production (in constant prices) carried out domestically by construction enterprises employing more than 9 persons was in March 2020 by 3.7% higher than a year before (against an increase by 10.8% the year before) and by 25.0% higher compared with February 2020 (against an increase by 27.2% the year before).

In April 2020 significant deterioration in both current and future consumer sentiment was noted compared to the previous month.

In the first three months of 2020, there were more dwellings completed than the year before. The number of dwellings for which permits have been granted or which have been registered with a construction project also increased, whereas the number of dwellings in which construction has begun decreased.

Foreign and domestic tourists using the accommodation base and granted accommodation in tourist accommodation facilities with 10 or more beds.

In March 2020 retail sales at constant prices were by 9.0% lower than the year before (against a growth of 1.8% in March 2019).

According to the final estimate gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 grew by 5.3% against 5.1% previously published. The real growth of GDP in 2019 did not change and it was 4.1%.

According to the EDP notification, in 2019 the general government deficit was equal 16 828 mln zl (0,7% of GDP), while the general government debt amounted to 1 045 122 mln zl (46,0% of GDP).

In the current month (answers provided between 1 and 10 April) supplementary set of questions has been added. This particular set aims to additionally diagnose the impact of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on business tendency. It contains questions on how big this impact on economic situation is, what are the changes in orders placed with suppliers or orders placed by clients, what is the access to employees, investment plans etc

According to preliminary data in March 2020 the prices of construction and assembly production were higher by 3.0% in comparison with the corresponding month of the previous year and by 0.2% in comparison with February 2020.

In March 2020, sold production of industry was by 2.3% lower than in March 2019, when the growth was recorded by 5.6%, whereas in comparison with February 2020, it increased by 2.4%. In the period January-March of 2020, sold production of industry was by 1.0% higher than in the corresponding period of 2019, when an increase of 6.1% was observed.