Polish inflation at 2.2% in January: stats office

Inflation in Poland stood at 2.2 percent in year-on-year terms in January, the country’s statistics office said in an estimate on Friday.

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The figure was 0.3 percentage points higher than forecast by economists polled by Poland’s PAP news agency.

In December, the prices of consumer goods and services in Poland were 2.4 percent higher than in the same month a year earlier, according to the state-run Statistics Poland (GUS) agency.

In November, Poland's consumer price index stood at 2.5 percent, Statistics Poland reported.

According to preliminary data, in January 2026. consumer #prices increased y/y by 2.2% (price index 102.2) and increased by 0.6% (price index 100.6 compared to December 2025.
Final data for January and February will be announced on 13th March.
🔗https://t.co/7y5ZirugZT#GUS pic.twitter.com/aktK8MYHCk

— Statistics Poland (@StatPoland) February 13, 2026

The Polish central bank predicted in its latest Inflation Report, released on November 7, that inflation would average 2.9 percent in 2026, followed by 2.5 percent in 2027.

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Source: IAR, PAP