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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20th June 2014 / Economic policy / Tax & Finance

Economic Policy: IMF considers creating new loan policy

The International Monetary Fund might create new policy for indebted countries to get large loans. New lending rules should drop the exception that enabled Greece to obtain a loan in 2010 without having to first restructure its debt. The proposed changes aim to give flexibility to 2002 rules applyin...

9th June 2014 / Economic policy / Legal Reform and Transparency

Economic Policy: Czech government began its debate on the national budget for 2015

On its meeting on 9th May Czech government started the debate on Czech national budget for 2015. Fulfilling one of its electoral promises the government drafted budget incomes and expenditures where the deficit would not be higher than promised 3 % of GDP. As for the numbers it should be 100 bn Czec...

5th June 2014 / Economic policy /

Economic Policy: FDI to Russia to fall 50 per cent this year

According to Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies foreign direct investment flows to Russia will fall to half of last year’s level in 2014 as the conflict with Ukraine dissuades companies from expanding in the country. Russian FDI will fall to 30 billion euro from 59.7 billion euro la...