Gospodarka polska w czasie pandemii COVID-19: spowolnienie czy regres?

Abstract

The article conducts a multidimensional diagnosis of the state of the Polish economy after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author assessed the impact of the pandemic on the situation of enterprises and Polish households. The reference to the analysis are above mentioned such variables as: gross domestic product (GDP), CPI/HICP inflation, domestic demand, retail sales of goods, registered unemployment rate, consumer situation (BWUK, WWUK), economic situation, bankruptcy proceedings, restructuring proceedings, etc. The issues raised in the article have been grouped into four thematic blocks, i.e.: 1) the restrictiveness of the policy of the government of Mateusz Morawiecki at individual stages (waves) of the pandemic, 2) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on key economic indicators, 3) the impact of the pandemic on indicators regarding the perception of the economic and consumer situation, 4) the social perception of the impact of the pandemic on the standard of living of Poles, the perception of the government of Mateusz Morawiecki and the actions taken by it concerning economic restrictions. This part is based on the results of the public opinion poll Opinion of Poles on the activities of the government of Mateusz Morawiecki during the coronavirus pandemic, which was carried out under the direction of the author in May 2021. For the purposes of the article, the author formulated a research thesis, i.e. the COVID-19 pandemic affected the state of the Polish economy, slowed it down, but did not lead to a collapse such as regression.