Leszek Balcerowicz
Polish central bank head calls for fiscal reform
POLAND - Leszek Balcerowicz, president of the National Bank of Poland, stressed in a speech made on 10 August to the Polish parliament that tight monetary policy in 2000 had done the most to shelter Poland from worse macroeconomic disturbances that could…
Polish c-bank to reveal wages of top officials
POLAND - The National Bank of Poland (NBP) will reveal the salaries of its top officials on 7 June after deputies questioned why the pay of public servants was secret, senior central bank official Pawel Narozny said.
Polish govenor scores low in poll
Poll: Poland's central bank governor not trusted according to a poll of Polish adults
Polish rate cuts hinge on meeting '03 inflation
Polish policy-makers will not cut interest rates until confident there is no danger to the medium-term inflation target, central bank chief Leszek Balcerowicz said in a newspaper interview published on Feb 26, 2001.
Polish c.banker hazy on timing of switch to euro
Poland's new central bank chief Leszek Balcerowicz said on Feb. 6, 2001, the timing of the country's eventual switch from the zloty to the euro after joining the European Union was still an open issue.Balcerowicz's statement backs away from his…
Polish refomer Balcerowicz new central bank chief
Poland's best known reformer, Leszek Balcerowicz, admired and despised in equal measure for his rigorous free market beliefs, has again returned to guiding his country's economic transition, this time as central bank chief.
Polish parliament backs Balcerowicz for c.bank
Poland's Sejm public finance committee on Tuesday voted in favour of the candidacy of Leszek Balcerowicz for head of the Polish central bank.
Balcerowicz proposed for Polish central bank chief
Poland's president on Thursday named Leszek Balcerowicz, the architect of the country's free market reforms in the early 1990s, as his candidate to become the new central bank chief, the presidential press office said.
Polish opp party wants cbank head with no politics
The Polish opposition party, Democratic Left Alliance, will ask the president to choose the central bank head from among three candidates - Dariusz Filar, Jerzy Stopyra and Andrzej Slawinski.
Balcerowicz closer to becoming Polish c.bank chief
Leszek Balcerowicz, the architect of Poland's economic reforms after the 1989 fall of communism, looks increasingly certain to become the new chief of the country's central bank, politicians said on Tuesday.
Polish president debates new c.bank head next week
President Aleksander Kwasniewski will meet Poland's top three political parties next week to discuss candidates for the new central bank chief, opening the way for a parliamentary vote on the issue as soon as December 6-8.
Increased support for Balcerowicz as NBP president
Former Polish foreign minister Bronislaw Geremek of the Freedom Union [former ruling coalition junior partner with Solidarity Electoral Action] on Sunday announced he would call on all the parliamentary caucuses to support the candidature of Leszek…
Balcerowicz might be seeking Polish cenbank post
Leszek Balcerowicz, the author of Poland's free market reforms in the early 1990s, said on Friday he would quit his political leadership role, amid expectations he will seek the presidency of the National Bank of Poland.
Balcerowicz best for top central bank post
Poland's liberal former finance minister Leszek Balcerowicz would be the best candidate to replace Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, the outgoing central bank governor, Poland's deputy premier told the best-selling Gazeta Wyborcza daily on Thursday.