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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13th October 2015 / Economic policy / Legal Reform and Transparency

Economic Policy: EU's Single Market Scoreboard: Czech Rep lags behind in quality of public procurement

The EU's Single Market Scoreboard aims to give an overview of the practical management of the Single Market. Results for the Czech Republic, published last week, are available here. The country received negative feedback in the areas of EU law transposition and public procurement. Click here for m...

12th October 2015 / Economic policy / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Economic Policy: Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2015

On 9 October, Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union published Eurostat Regional Yearbook 2015. The five EU regions recording the largest gap between the employment rates of women and men aged 25-34 were Severozápad (with a 33.2 pp gap), Střední Morava (30.0 pp), Jihozápad (28.8 pp...

7th October 2015 / Economic policy / Tax & Finance

Economic Policy: OECD: Reforms to international tax system for curbing avoidance by multinational enterprises. New measures.

The OECD presented today the final package of measures for a comprehensive, coherent and co-ordinated reform of the international tax rules to be discussed by G20 Finance Ministers at their meeting on 8 October, in Lima, Peru. The OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) Project provides ...