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
  • Jun 27, 2018
  • 2 min read

Czech Communists will exact price for backing Babis

New government will depend directly on Communists for first time since 1989

Czech Republic
  • Jun 25, 2018
  • 6 min read

ECB may ease pressure on Central-Eastern central banks

The ECB's relative dovishness and a recent euro-area slowdown increase scope for unchanged rates in Hungary and Poland

EU