Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth
This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.
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Competitiveness: IMF estimates and Czech economic growth
On Monday IMF published its estimate of economic growth for the Czech Republic for the years 2014 and 2015 during the press conference after this year’s round of annual consultations between IMF and the Czech Republic as a member state of IMF. IMF estimates that Czech GDP should grow by 2.5 % this y...
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Competitiveness: World Bank released economic forecasts, including impacts of EU sanctions on Russia
According to the World Bank, further EU sanctions on Russia could significantly harm both sides. Russian government's revenue would decrease by 10 per cent of GDP. European gas prices would surge 50 per cent or about 0.15 percent of GDP. Ukraine situation is estimated to have eroded 1 percentage poi...
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Competitiveness: End of crisis. The Czech Republic grew faster than estimated
According to the refined estimate of the Czech Statistical Office for the first quarter of 2014 the Czech Republic did not stagnate. It grew and in comparison to the previous period it strengthened by 0.4 % and year-on-year its GDP grew by 2.5 %. Jiří Moser, PwC Czech Republic Executive Partner, sai...
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