Polish (native), English (fluent), French (fluent)
Professor at the Warsaw School of Economics, with a postdoctoral degree in the economic sciences, Andrzej Rzońca is also a member of supervisory boards of commercial law companies. His positions held to date have included president of the board of the Association of Polish Economists, member of the Monetary Policy Council (third term), chief economist at the Altus investment fund, vice president of the Civil Development Forum (FOR), and advisor to the president of the National Bank of Poland. He is a graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics and the WEMBA programme run by the Warsaw School of Economics and University of Minnesota.
The mBank-CASE Seminar Proceedings No. 172 “The growing public debt and the associated risks” consists of two articles: “The increasing risk of sovereign insolvency and a new global financial crisis in the post-COVID-19 era” authored by Marek Dąbrowski, and “Will Poland fall into the debt trap?” authored by Jakub Karnowski and Marek Rzońca. … Continued
Forecasting during a strong shock is burdened with exceptionally high uncertainty. This gives rise to the temptation to formulate alarmist forecasts. Experiences from earlier pandemics, particularly those from the 20th century, for which we have the most data, don’t provide a basis for this. The mildest of them weakened growth by less than 1 percentage … Continued
Growth in the European Union since the outbreak of the global financial crisis is slower (1) than before the crisis, (2) than the trend would indicate, (3) than forecast and (4) than in the United States. The factors driving its weakness lie more on the supply side than the demand side. The loss of potential … Continued
