Working papers:
Inflation and Stabilization in Poland 1990-1995
Stanislaw H. Wellisz
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- Title:
- Inflation and Stabilization in Poland 1990-1995
- Author(s):
- Wellisz, Stanislaw H.
- Date:
- 1995
- Type:
- Working papers
- Department:
- Economics
- Permanent URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:15631
- Series:
- Department of Economics Discussion Papers
- Part Number:
- 738
- Publisher:
- Department of Economics, Columbia University
- Publisher Location:
- New York
- Abstract:
- The Polish liberalization and stabilization program put into effect on January 1, 1990, called for the removal of virtually all price controls, and for a sharp curtailment of production subsidies. These measures magnified the effects of pre-existing inflationary forces. Within one month retail price index rose by 79.6 per cent. The inflation was, however, quickly brought under control by the stabilization measures adopted as a part of the reform package. By August the rate of price increase declined to a 1.8 percent monthly rate. Yet the goal of complete price stability by year-end proved to be elusive. In 1991 prices still rose by over 70 percent; in the subsequent years inflation slowed down, but it remained at a two-digit level (Table 1).
- Subject(s):
- Economics
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