Economic policy

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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11th May 2022 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

What's in the tails? Why the coming recession will be worse than expected

In the latest edition of “What’s in the tails?” Deutsche Bank Research economists David Folkerts-Landau, Peter Hooper and Jim Reid discuss how Fed Funds and the ECB rate may have to go higher than the consensus believes and that, as a consequence, the upcoming recession could be more severe than even sceptics believe.

3rd May 2022 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Macro intel session with CNB and CBA: Good governance means anticipating disruptive events and taking prudent steps during calm to reduce the impact of storms

How do we know what prices will be on January 1, 2023?

23rd March 2022 / Economic policy / Health Care

AmCham Health Care Council roundtable with Deputy Minister Dvořáček addressed priorities of the upcoming EU presidency and focused on ways to increase disease prevention

Czech healthcare withstood the massive stress of several waves of covid. Now the system will need to absorb a few hundred thousand sudden new users as Ukrainians take up temporary residence (of an indeterminate length) in the country.