Polish industrial production up 8.8% y/y in September: stats office

Industrial production in Poland rose 8.8 percent in September compared with the same month a year earlier, the country’s Central Statistical Office (GUS) reported on Wednesday, as the economy bounces back from the coronavirus crisis.

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The reading was higher than forecast by analysts, who had expected an increase of 8.2 percent, Poland’s PAP news agency reported.

In month-on-month terms, Polish industrial production in September was 11 percent higher than in August, the Central Statistical Office said.

In September 2021, sold #production of #industry in #Poland increased by 8.8% as compared to September 2020. Compared to August 2021 increased by 11.0%. https://t.co/zn0gSAR4ND#StatisticsPoland #statistics #IndexNumberOfProduction pic.twitter.com/qvPItDtj6g

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) October 20, 2021

According to the European Union’s Eurostat statistics agency, which uses a different methodology, industrial production in Poland rose 10.7 percent in August, one of the fastest rates of growth in the 27-nation bloc.

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Source: PAP