Indicators of social mood used in our research include evaluations of and forecasts for Poland’s economy and politics, respondents’ workplaces and their own household finances. Quarterly findings are presented in the context of the preceding months, so that patterns of change in mood can be discerned with greater clarity.

Over the last three months, as in the first quarter of this year, evaluations of the private sphere were decidedly better than the public. Politics were still at the bottom and criticism expressed in this regard over the last two months was even somewhat greater than in the January-April period. The state of Poland’s economy was also seen as minimally worse over the last two months. When it came to respondents’ workplaces and household finances, however, positive evaluations decidedly outnumbered negative ones. Nevertheless, although the situation in respondents’ workplaces was seen to be relatively stable with only minor fluctuations over the last six months, assessment of their household finances, after a record high in April, dropped noticeably in the subsequent months.

Forecasts concerning the political situation in the country continued to be less frequently optimistic than pessimistic and, despite certain fluctuations, remained fairly stable. Forecasts for the economy were more favourable, though with slightly greater fluctuations. Even better, and somewhat more stable, were the forecasts for respondents’ workplaces and for the condition of their household finances.