The author presents a revised and up-to-date version of the synthetic index of business activity for Poland, denoted GCI, which has been compiled to reconstruct growth cycles observed in the development of the Polish economy since 1975. The GCI is based on monthly data of the output levels in five major sectors of the economy: industry, construction, agriculture, transport and trade. The same index is used by the author as the reference indicator in his work on composite leading indicators for Poland. First part of the paper examines the chronology and the amplitude of growth cycles seen in the development of Poland’s economy over time. The second part analyses cyclical developments in major sectors of the economy and compares them with the changes in the aggregate economic activity.
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