Polen - Är det framtidens supermakt?

It would appear, to the outsider, that Poland maintained a certain level of immunity to the financial crisis. Regardless, the global financial crisis has had an impact on Poland, its economy, and its public finances. Despite the significant positive economic gains that were being made during the two years previous to the crisis, Poland’s interdependence on its neighbours quickly slowed its growth. Additionally, Poland’s unemployment rate has been gradually increasing after the onset of the crisis, starting at the end of 2008 and rising ever since. Starting in November 2008, the Polish unemployment rate has steadily matched the slow increase seen in the 27-EU countries (Eurostat). Other economic indicators, such as Poland’s purchasing power and GDP per capita, have not risen at a fast enough pace to even meet the standards of our EU neighbours in the West. Eurostat (2010) data estimated that for 2009, Poland’s GDP per inhabitant expressed in purchasing power standards (PPS) was the 5th lowest in the European Union, being 61% of the average of the 27 European Union states.