Czech Republic

  • Nov 30, 2018
  • 7 min read

CNB will keep raising rates to quell Czech inflation

The Czech central bank will remain the region’s most hawkish as inflation persists, at the risk of currency appreciation

Czech Republic
  • Nov 19, 2018
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Central Europe in 2019

Rising tensions with the EU over rule-of-law concerns may undermine growth and business confidence

Czech Republic
  • Nov 14, 2018
  • 2 min read

Czech premier may step down pending reinvestigation

The premier’s allies will have to decide whether his son’s alleged kidnap reopens questions over his credibility

Czech Republic
  • Oct 30, 2018
  • 7 min read

Pressure rises on Hungary’s central bank to hike rates

Central Europe’s central banks face credibility test as quantitative easing ends

Hungary
  • Aug 29, 2018
  • 7 min read

Domestic factors will weigh on Central Europe’s autos

Concerns over a US trade war are among short-to-medium-term challenges to Central Europe’s automotive industry

EU
  • Aug 6, 2018
  • 2 min read

Czech monetary policy shows up over-cautious Romanians

Czech central bank seems bolder than Romania’s, but caution may be appropriate given dubious government economic policy

Romania
  • Jul 20, 2018
  • 7 min read

Overheating may tighten Central Europe monetary policy

Rising Czech and Hungarian interest rates will put fiscal policy under pressure

Czech Republic
  • Jul 16, 2018
  • 7 min read

Communist role in Czech government is post-1989 first

The minority government of ANO and the Social Democrats should prove stable if divisions on the left stay under control

Czech Republic