Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

This section reports on economic policy initiatives of the Czech government, the EU, and other entities that have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the country. It also includes information on economic priorities of the AmCham and other leading associations.

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24th February 2014 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Economic Policy: Government takes step for accepting the Fiscal Compact

The Government announced that it would initiate a discussion in taking steps that would bring about ratification of the Treaty on stability, coordination, and governance within the Economic and Monetary Union (the so-called Fiscal Compact) and primarily the Czech accession to the Treaty. In general,...
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25th January 2014 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Economic Policy: World Economic Forum meeting ends with cautious optimism

Annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos took place this week. Main challenge for the up-coming year is recovery of financial markets, where reforms are under way, but not yet completed. To the EU leaders, most worrying is an inflation, which is currently below the 2 per cent target and probably...
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1st November 2013 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Econimic Policy: Euro area unemployment rate at 12.2%, EU28 at 11.0%

The EU28 seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 11.0% in September 2013, stable compared with August. The euro area unemployment rate remained stable as well, at 12.2%. In total numbers, almost 27 million persons were unemployed in the EU, of whom more than 5,5 million were young persons under 25...
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic