A spirit of cautious optimism

As one year ends, whether you like it or not it is time to summarise the last few months and try to sketch out the future. To find out what to expect in 2011 you could go to a fortune-teller, look at your horoscope or... devote a day to listening to experts in your fieldOn the eighth day of December about 200 inquisitive individuals arrived at the Warsaw Hilton hotel to get better acquainted with the latest trends on the construction and property market. It is always better to know your enemy, i.e. the dangers for the Polish economy this year, including the situation in neighbouring countries such as Hungary, speculative inflows and outflows of capital, the state of public finances with regard to public debt... these were the most important worrying developments. However, the list of opportunities is much longer. In the opening speech Anna Zielińska-Głębocka, economics professor and member of the Monetary Policy Council, emphasised the continued growth of Polish GDP (which amounted