Czech Republic
The eurozone’s eastern conundrum
Bulgaria and Croatia expect net positive effect as they move to join euro, while others remain reluctant
Central banks cannot fight a populist Tweet storm – panel
Populist leaders such as Donald Trump comfortably outgun central banks on social media
CNB raises countercyclical buffers as risks build
The central bank stress-tests not only the financial sector but also households and the government
The IFF China Report 2019
Insight and perspectives from the world's leaders, premier policy-makers and financiers
The IFF China Report 2019: Redesigning the international trading and monetary system
Reform of the financial system that brought about the 2007–08 financial crisis has not gone far enough and advanced and emerging market economies must find a more co-operative way forward to ensure globalisation can continue.
CNB hikes in bid to tame inflation
Strong growth is boosting salaries and consumption in the Czech Republic
People: China appoints new monetary policy committee
IMF’s general counsel retires; Czech National Bank appoints new comms director
CNB raises Czech rates to return inflation to target
A stronger currency is supporting central bank in efforts to control price pressures
CNB ramps up financial stability department role
Central bank “elevates” department in governance structure to reflect growing importance
People: Fiji appoints deputy; Commission proposes new SRB chair term
Esala Masitabua will become deputy governor in Fiji on January 1, 2018; European Commission proposes extending Elke König’s mandate as chair of SRB; and more
Czech exchange rate floor helped fight deflation – IMF paper
Range of methods imply exchange rate floor was effective measure
Czech central bank raises interest rates for first time in nine years
Legacy of currency defence may cause future problems, analyst argues
Non-banks drive rebound in cross-border banking – BIS
First-quarter statistics show non-banks helped drive a turnaround of cross-border banking flows
Fresh exchange rate cap remains an option – CNB minutes
Minutes of extraordinary meeting say future exchange rate commitment cannot be ruled out
Czech National Bank abandons koruna floor
Bank likely to be happy with market reaction, analyst says
Ending speculation on the Czech forex cap: quo vadis, CNB?
David Vavra suggests a method the Czech National Bank could use to end pressure on its peg
Czech National Bank reorganises supervision department
Bank says it will increase staffing of revamped division
People: Finland sets out new board responsibilities
Two new members appointed to Czech central bank board
Czech central bank carries out internal reorganisation
Research division to be split between two departments
Czech Republic closer to euro adoption but still not ready – CNB
Economy is converging with Europe but accession could prove costly
Eight banks struggle in Czech stress tests
Adverse scenario pushes many banks below regulatory capital minimums
IMF staff suggest using tiers if CNB cuts rates below zero
Fund encourages Czech National Bank to prepare for ‘eventual exit’ from exchange rate commitment
Prospective eurozone members fail to meet convergence criteria, ECB says
ECB reports greater convergence on economic indicators among seven countries
Board member appointed as next Czech governor
Rusnok has been on the board since 2014 and is a former interim prime minister; he will serve a term of “at least five years”, from July 1