Currently, the real value of 500 Plus in the program launch prices is PLN 338. Therefore, the proposal to replace the 800 Plus is not surprising. It will restore the value of the benefit from the start of the program, but it will not be a real increase. In January 2024 [...]

In February, inflation reached a record high of 18,4 percent, and if not for changes in the inflation basket made by the Central Statistical Office, it could have approached 20 percent. This causes prices to rise, but also the real value of benefits that [...]

Today, the 500 plus benefit is worth less than PLN 420 at the prices from April 2016, i.e. the starting point of this program. We forecast that due to high inflation in the fall of next year, 500 plus will turn into 400 plus. [...]