According to the flash estimate, gross domestic product (GDP) in volume terms seasonally unadjusted was lower by 1.2% in the 1st quarter of 2021 year-to-year against 2.0% increase in the corresponding period of 2020.

Consumer prices in April 2021, compared with the corresponding month of the previous year, increased by 4,3% (with an increase of prices of services by 6,8% and goods by 3,6%).

Price index of consumer goods and services in April 2021 as related to March 2021 amounted to 100.8 (price increase of 0.8%).

We are pleased and honoured to announce that Professor Malay Ghosh has received an honorary doctorate (honoris causa) from the University of Economics in Katowice in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the field of statistics and its applications, as well as popularising statistical sciences and promoting international and interdisciplinary scientific cooperation.