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Poland · 12 October 2026
WIG20's broad rally through 9 October 2026 has not been confirmed by WIG-BANKI, and that gap…
WIG20's broad rally through 9 October 2026 has not been confirmed by WIG-BANKI, and that gap reflects an inflation risk (retail price momentum turning up against an already-elevated NBP projection) that the rate-sensitive banks are pricing more cautiously than the rest of the Warsaw market.
- What would prove it wrong
- This reading is overturned if the Poland CPI final print on 15 October 2026 shows inflation decelerating back toward the March NBP projection's path, which would remove the premise that retail price acceleration is now the governing signal.
- Review condition
- Poland CPI final (GUS), 15 October 2026: a print showing acceleration versus the March NBP projection path would support the banks' caution; a print showing deceleration back toward that path would retire the reading.
- Status
- Revised · 13 October 2026
- How it settled
- The 12 October morning note framed WIG-BANKI's underperformance against WIG20 as evidence of inflation risk versus the March NBP projection; the fresh deficit forecast from Fitch introduces a distinct fiscal risk that the prior note did not address, so this piece narrows the earlier reading rather than simply reaffirming it.
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