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Poland continues tightening in new year
Central bank adds 50bp to rates, the fourth increase in a row amid high inflation
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The Polish central bank increased interest rates by 50 basis points on January 4, bringing its policy rate to 2.25%.
The National Bank of Poland has been raising rates from their pandemic low of 0.1% since October, and this is the fourth month it has ordered them increased.
The monetary policy council, the NBP’s rate-setting body, focused primarily on continued high inflation in its accompanying press release. Year-on-year inflation reached 7.8% in Poland in November, the council said, and
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