The 3/2023 issue of "Przegląd Statystyczny. Statistical Review" was published on 29 March 2024. The issue is available at https://ps.stat.gov.pl/Issue/2023/3.

Short-term analysis of phenomena and processes taking place, among others, in the area of the labour market, wages and salaries, prices, basic areas of the national economy (agriculture, industry, construction, domestic market), transport and foreign trade, as well as the situation in selected countries of the world. Moreover, information published quarterly concerns GDP estimates, demographic processes, financial results and investment outlays of non-financial enterprises.

Basic information on volume production of major industrial products manufactured by entities with the number of persons employed 50 or more. The information relates to the production of finished products for sale, as well as for further processing inside the enterprise, produced from own and entrusted raw materials and production sold outside the enterprise regardless of the period of production.

Basic data and indicators characterizing the socio-economic situation of the country, presented in the form of data series - monthly, quarterly and annual – regarding, among others, national accounts, demographics, labour market, wages and salaries, social benefits, prices, basic national economy areas (agriculture, industry, construction, domestic market, transport) and foreign trade, as well as money supply, public finance, financial results of non-financial companies, as well as investment outlays.

In the 1st quarter of 2024 financial results of the surveyed non-financial enterprises were lower comparing to those obtained a year earlier. The economic and financial indicators deteriorated. Investment outlays were lower by 2.2% than those recorded in the 1st quarter of 2023 (when there was an increase by 7.2%).

In the first quarter of 2024, economically active persons accounted for 58.5% of the population2 aged 15-89. This indicator was lower both compared to the fourth quarter of 2023 (by 0.4 pp.) and the first quarter of 2023 (by 0.3 pp.). The activity rate among men amounted to 65.8% and among women 51.7%.

This study contains information on financial results of non-financial enterprises, major economic indices characterising economic entities, current assets, liabilities and investment outlays on enterprises’ fixed assets.