Czech economy maintains its strong momentum We have once again revised our growth outlook upwards. The Czech economy is riding the wave of recovery of its main European trading partners and investment activity has been strengthening. Moreover, capital expenditures will be supported by EU fund inflows. 

In 3Q 2017, the biggest difference between median and average was recorded in the private sector in the banking and insurance sector, where the gap reached CZK 11,652 per month. There are professions in the information and communication sector where the monthly average wage was 10,012 CZK higher than the median wage, says Trexima, based on data in the Information System on Average Income ISPV that includes data on median wages.

AmCham members and Czech government officials convened at the US Residence to welcome US Ambassador Stephen B. King to the country and into the business community. 2018 marks one hundred years since the founding of Czechoslovakia, and the country now may be living at the highest point of prosperity and security in that century of struggle and triumph. 

The roots of Euroscepticism among the Czechs go back 10 or 15 years and if Jiří Drahoš defeats the incumbent President Miloš Zeman in a runoff vote on 26-27 January, he will struggle to reverse the trend, political analyst Lubomír Kopeček told EURACTIV.