Financial dependence of the Polish economy

Abstract

The article presents the structure of net international investment position (NIIP) of Poland and on that basis to specify the degree of financial dependence of our country on external business entities. The stated data unequivocally points to the essential disproportion between the amount of capital which inflows to Poland and the stream of its outflow. Additionally, a part of external liabilities are the foreign portfolio investments and the remaining foreign investments, which are usually of speculation nature. It causes a considerable degree to which Polish economy is dependent on the foreign capital.