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Banks shrug off a Polish inflation print that breached the ceilingcorno.fulgur75 · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland / NBP15 October

Banks shrug off a Polish inflation print that breached the ceiling

September inflation rose to 4.1%, above the NBP's 3.5% upper tolerance band, while WIG-BANKI fell 1.03% on 14 October 2026, a split that leaves the rate-sensitive banks pricing less conviction in a hawkish turn than the headline print would suggest.

Warsaw banks rally as Fitch flags a wider Polish deficitJorge Lascar · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland13 October

Warsaw banks rally as Fitch flags a wider Polish deficit

WIG-BANKI jumped 2.13% on 12 October 2026 even as Fitch lifted its 2027 deficit forecast to 7.1% of GDP, leaving two separate questions, the rate path and fiscal risk, that only different evidence can settle.

Polish retail prices firm just as Warsaw's rally skips the banksKrzysztof Duda · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland12 October

Polish retail prices firm just as Warsaw's rally skips the banks

WIG20 is up 2.48% over five sessions even as fresh retail price data and a firming USD/PLN point to inflation risk the March NBP projection has not fully priced.

Bank-specific filings explain Warsaw's selloff, not the złotyKrzysztof Duda · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland9 October

Bank-specific filings explain Warsaw's selloff, not the złoty

WIG-BANKI dropped 3.05% on 8 October 2026 while EUR/PLN held near 4.3771, a split that keeps the selloff reading as bank-specific rather than a Polish risk repricing.

Dollar strength, not Poland risk, drives złoty's dual slideImages_of_Money · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
FX & Rates / Poland8 October

Dollar strength, not Poland risk, drives złoty's dual slide

EUR/PLN rose 0.28% and USD/PLN 0.77% so far on 8 October 2026, even as WIG-BANKI's 2.41% drop on 7 October already looked like the region's worst session.

Warsaw bank stocks erase a rally the złoty never confirmedCIDSE - together for global justice · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland8 October

Warsaw bank stocks erase a rally the złoty never confirmed

WIG-BANKI fell 2.41% to 27,656.2 at the 7 October 2026 close, wiping out the prior session's bounce, while EUR/PLN is only 0.23% higher so far on 8 October 2026, a split that questions whether the bank selloff is Poland-specific.

Warsaw's bank index rises as RPP decides on 3.75% reference rateArian Zwegers · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland / NBP7 October

Warsaw's bank index rises as RPP decides on 3.75% reference rate

WIG-BANKI rose 2.93% to 28,338.29 on 6 October 2026, a one-session move that still leaves the index essentially flat over five sessions, with the złoty unmoved into a decision on a reference rate parked at 3.75% since March.

Polish growth hits 3.8%, Warsaw's bank stocks don't seem to careJorge Lascar · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland6 October

Polish growth hits 3.8%, Warsaw's bank stocks don't seem to care

GUS lifted its 2025 growth estimate to 3.8% on 6 October 2026, yet WIG-BANKI is down 4.7% over five sessions heading into the 7 October RPP decision, a split the growth print does not resolve.

Warsaw banks fall twice as fast as the market eight days before RPPthe_jetboy · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland2 October

Warsaw banks fall twice as fast as the market eight days before RPP

Warsaw's bank index fell 3.64% on 1 October 2026 to 27393.21, a sharper drop than the broader WIG, with the reference rate still at 3.75% and the Council due to decide on 7 October 2026.

Warsaw banks keep pricing cuts a 4.0% CPI print just made hardergudmd.haralds · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland30 September

Warsaw banks keep pricing cuts a 4.0% CPI print just made harder

Poland's flash September inflation rose to 4.0%, a level the NBP's March projection did not expect to see sustained, while Warsaw's rate-sensitive banks kept sliding into the print.

EUR/USD hits a 20-day low, but the złoty barely notices ity entonces · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
FX & Rates29 September

EUR/USD hits a 20-day low, but the złoty barely notices it

EUR/USD fell to a fresh 20-day low on 29 September 2026 even as EUR/PLN rose only 0.07% on the session, a split that keeps the desk's 23 September dollar-story reading intact rather than confirming it retired.

Why the złoty's slide against the euro is really a dollar storygudmd.haralds · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
FX & Rates23 September

Why the złoty's slide against the euro is really a dollar story

EUR/PLN has touched a fresh 20-day high while USD/PLN's much larger monthly move exposes the dollar, not a Polish rate story, as the driver behind the złoty's slide.

A record term spread over WIBOR undercuts Warsaw banks' rate-cut wagercorno.fulgur75 · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
NBP / Rates21 September

A record term spread over WIBOR undercuts Warsaw banks' rate-cut wager

The 10-year POLGB yield's spread over six-month WIBOR hit a record 2.66 percentage points on 20 September, a market-implied signal that further NBP easing is running out of runway even as WIG-BANKI keeps pricing more cuts.

Orlen sheds 6% the same day Warsaw's index prints a recordOrange County Archives · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland18 September

Orlen sheds 6% the same day Warsaw's index prints a record

WIG20 closed at a fresh high on 17 September even as Orlen fell roughly 6% from its recent peak, a divergence that lands on a futures-expiry day and questions what the index record is actually pricing.

A hotter CPI print complicates the rate cut Warsaw's banks won't stop pricingcorno.fulgur75 · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland18 September

A hotter CPI print complicates the rate cut Warsaw's banks won't stop pricing

WIG-BANKI has gained 1.29% over five sessions into 17 September even as CPI rose to 3.4% and a proposed fuel-tax holiday adds a fresh disinflationary wrinkle NBP has not yet priced into its projection.

Warsaw banks keep pricing cuts a silent central bank refuses to confirmaromano · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland9 September

Warsaw banks keep pricing cuts a silent central bank refuses to confirm

The Council held its rate language unchanged on 9 September even as economists flag a deteriorating inflation outlook, leaving WIG-BANKI's 2.81% five-session gain still unconfirmed by any policy signal.

One wire's hike call puts Warsaw's bank rally on a two-day clockAGC Glass Europe · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland7 September

One wire's hike call puts Warsaw's bank rally on a two-day clock

One wire report argues the RPP will raise rates 25 basis points after November, even as WIG-BANKI has gained 2.44% over five sessions into 4 September 2026 on the assumption of further cuts from 3.75%.

Poland4 September

Warsaw's rate-cut bet on bank stocks now has nine days left to prove itself

WIG-BANKI has added 0.92% over five sessions into the 3 September close even as Poland's manufacturing PMI fell to 48.3, leaving the bank sector's cut bet still untested by an NBP projection that has not yet been revised.

A weaker dollar, not just NBP cut bets, is now doing the work in Warsaw's rallyJorge Lascar · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland20 August

A weaker dollar, not just NBP cut bets, is now doing the work in Warsaw's rally

WIG20's 1.72% advance on 19 August 2026 coincided with USD/PLN touching a 20-day low of 3.694, complicating the desk's reading of WIG-BANKI as a pure rate-cut trade.

Warsaw's banks price NBP cuts a hotter CPI path may not allowAGC Glass Europe · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland20 August

Warsaw's banks price NBP cuts a hotter CPI path may not allow

WIG-BANKI rose 2.27% on 19 August 2026 even as Poland's inflation sits above the NBP's 3.5% upper tolerance band, a gap the July projection round is expected to widen rather than close.

Two stocks, not the banking sector, explain Warsaw's worst sessionKrzysztof Duda · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland14 August

Two stocks, not the banking sector, explain Warsaw's worst session

WIG20 fell 1.44% on 13 August 2026 led by KGHM and Orlen, while WIG-BANKI slipped only 0.26%, a split that complicates the bank-index reading the desk has tracked since early August.

Warsaw banks retreat before the NBP projection meant to justify the rallyKrzysztof Duda · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland12 August

Warsaw banks retreat before the NBP projection meant to justify the rally

Warsaw's bank index has slipped 0.91% over five sessions into 10 August even as the NBP's overdue July projection round, the test the desk flagged on 3 August, remains unpublished.

A nineteen-year high in WIG20 tells Warsaw's banks nothing newArian Zwegers · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland3 August

A nineteen-year high in WIG20 tells Warsaw's banks nothing new

WIG20's break above its 2007 high on 3 August 2026 was led by an index that carries no bank stock, while WIG-BANKI's own five-session gain still rests on an NBP projection round due only in the coming week.

Warsaw's banks shrug off a CPI rebound that argues against further NBP cutsoscarparadela.com · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland1 August

Warsaw's banks shrug off a CPI rebound that argues against further NBP cuts

WIG-BANKI has risen 4.03% over five sessions even as GUS data show consumer prices rebounding 0.8% month on month in July on fuel costs, a divergence the desk's labour-market caution from 29 July has not yet resolved.

Poland's labour gauge flashes a warning Warsaw bank stocks aren't pricingAGC Glass Europe · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland29 July

Poland's labour gauge flashes a warning Warsaw bank stocks aren't pricing

Poland's Labour Market Index climbed to 77.7 in July, a signal of rising unemployment risk, landing a day before the CPI flash that Warsaw bank stocks are betting will still leave room for NBP cuts.

Warsaw banks rally into a CPI print that could reopen the case for cutsCIDSE - together for global justice · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland28 July

Warsaw banks rally into a CPI print that could reopen the case for cuts

WIG-BANKI rose 1.39% on 27 July 2026 even as a nearly PLN 100 million write-down hit Alior, leaving Polish bank equity betting the 30 July CPI flash confirms room for the NBP to keep cutting.

Polish banks already paid 80% of last year's tax bill in six monthsJorge Lascar · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland24 July

Polish banks already paid 80% of last year's tax bill in six months

Polish banks paid roughly PLN 16 billion in CIT and bank tax through the first half of 2026, almost 80% of the whole of 2025's burden, and now face talk of another CIT increase just as WIG-BANKI posts its sharpest fall of the week.

Poland's jobless rate falls to 5.8%, but sentiment says workers don't believe itcorno.fulgur75 · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland23 July

Poland's jobless rate falls to 5.8%, but sentiment says workers don't believe it

June unemployment eased to 5.8% from 5.9%, yet Poles' own view of their workplaces dropped five points in July, a split that leaves the NBP's easing case resting on a backward-looking number.

A softer inflation print can't stop the zloty's slide to a 20-day lowBernard Spragg · CC0 1.0
FX & Rates / Poland17 July

A softer inflation print can't stop the zloty's slide to a 20-day low

EUR/PLN and USD/PLN are both at fresh 20-day highs the same day core inflation eased to 3.0%, and the driver looks like the dollar, not the domestic data.

Poland hits its inflation target just as pump prices erase the winy entonces · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland16 July

Poland hits its inflation target just as pump prices erase the win

Poland's June inflation print landed at the 2.5% NBP target even as pump prices jump on Iran-driven crude, leaving WIG20 near the 3800 line as the one market showing any reaction at all.

NBP's projection day tests whether Polish rate calls are splitting for realgudmd.haralds · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland / NBP10 July

NBP's projection day tests whether Polish rate calls are splitting for real

The NBP presents its July Inflation Report at 13:00 UTC with ING calling policy rhetoric more dovish and Erste Bank pushing cuts to end-2027, yet EUR/PLN and WIG20 show barely a flicker.

RPP silence, EU embargo friction leave Polish assets untestedgudmd.haralds · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Poland9 July

RPP silence, EU embargo friction leave Polish assets untested

The RPP closed its July meeting without a headline move as Brussels raised the prospect of an infringement case over Poland's Ukraine grain embargo, yet EUR/PLN and WIG20 show barely any reaction.

Polish bonds rally on oil, then give it back on Iran riskgudmd.haralds · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
Rates / PLN8 July

Polish bonds rally on oil, then give it back on Iran risk

A four-month low in Polish bond yields, driven by fading rate-hike fears, unwound within the same session as Middle East tensions pushed oil back up, while WIG20 slipped below the 3700 level the 7 July note flagged as the market's tell.

A widening current account gap gives the Council a reason to sound dovish, but the złoty isn't pricing itcorno.fulgur75 · CC BY 2.0 (edited)
NBP / RPP7 July

A widening current account gap gives the Council a reason to sound dovish, but the złoty isn't pricing it

Poland's exports fell 1.6% in May and the current account deficit widened to 0.9% of GDP ahead of the 8 July rate decision, yet EUR/PLN sits flat near 4.29 and WIG20 is pushing at 3700, a split the Council will have to address.

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