Czech National Bank (CNB)
Central Banking Awards 2025 ceremony honours shining stars
Oscars of central banking recognise excellence in the community
Banknotes: January to March 2025
A round-up of news and salient issues that have affected central bankers in the past three months
Central Banking Awards 2025: the winners in full
Awards recognise extraordinary achievements in another challenging year for central banks
Central Banking Awards 2025: final winners announced
Last group of awards includes governor of the year and lifetime achievement
People: BNM appoints deputy and assistant governors
CNB makes appointments in internal audit and economic modelling divisions
Central banks buy more gold in January
Net accumulation follows dip seen in previous month
Bitcoin remarks ‘a surprise to CNB staff’ – source
Concern that planned asset allocation review is just “cover-up to push through crypto”
CNB cuts rates by 25bp as it revises growth forecast
Bank points to sticky service and food inflation, reduced demand for exports
CNB study highlights AI’s limits as inflation forecasting tool
Bank says tech can help analysts, but is not yet capable of replacing traditional predictive models
Branching paths: the Czech National Bank’s many modelling options
Three external reviews each recommended a different combination of models. The CNB now faces tough design choices, and must also decide how to upgrade its economic research
CNB takes next step towards adopting bitcoin
Board approves governor’s proposal to look at “additional asset classes”, which could include crypto
CNB ‘considered’ adding bitcoin to reserves – governor
Governor says central bank could “continue to debate” using cryptocurrency in diversification drive
CNB’s Aleš Michl on tackling inflation, Friedman’s legacy and ditching DSGE
The Czech governor speaks about policy mistakes, targeting M2, diversifying into equities and gold, building new models and ending interest payments on minimum reserves
CNB to set up new research and statistics department
Central bank says restructuring will boost its ability to “analyse and model economic trends”
People: New faces on IMF exec board
Plus, appointments at Deutsche Bundesbank and Czech central bank
Europe’s central banks diverge on monetary policy
Norway holds, while Albania, Czech Republic and Sweden proceed with cuts
Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland cut rates
25bp cuts across Europe follow Fed’s footsteps
Czech National Bank cuts rates to 4.5%
Reduction of 25bp comes after headline inflation falls to 2% target
Regional disparities wider among EU’s newer members – study
Research shows that the poorer the country, the bigger the gap between its capital and its regions
Czech National Bank cuts rates by 50 basis points
Next step likely to be a 25bp cut or a halt to easing, says central bank
How the Czech National Bank brought inflation down from 18% to 2% in two years
Governor Aleš Michl on the road to 2% inflation and future profitability