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Czech central bank

Czech central bank seen starting rate hikes on June 23

Czech central bank seen starting rate hikes on June 23

  • 10 analysts see main rate rising by 25 bps from 0.25%.
  • All analysts see at least one more hike by year-end.
  • Majority of central bankers flagged June hike as possible.
  • Rates unchanged since May 2020, last hike Feb 2020.
Published 18 Jun, 2021 06:30pm
Currencies mixed as focus turns to Czech central bank
Markets

Currencies mixed as focus turns to Czech central bank

  • Central European rate-setters are facing rising inflation, but look set to keep rates low for the time being to help their economies recover from the effects of the coronavirus.
  • "This picture, however, cracked somewhat with the GDP result for the first quarter released last week, which showed the economy did better than thought."
Updated 06 May, 2021 05:11pm
Czech central banker Benda sees fewer 2021 rate hikes than projected
Business & Finance

Czech central banker Benda sees fewer 2021 rate hikes than projected

  • "The pandemic shock was rather severe, and I don't believe people will immediately take all their savings and go shopping like crazy," he was quoted as saying by Bloomberg news agency.
  • "The market is reading us very well in the longer term," Benda said. "It's pointless to agonize now over whether the first hike will be in four, five or seven months, as we're living in huge uncertainty."
Published 26 Apr, 2021 05:52pm
Polish zloty eases on surging COVID-19 cases, stocks mixed
Markets

Polish zloty eases on surging COVID-19 cases, stocks mixed

  • "We think that the (bank's) view has remained relatively unchanged and that it will continue to look for an opportunity to start normalising its monetary policy," Morgan Stanley said.
  • "We maintain our view that the MPC will start seeing higher chances of a rate hike only in 3Q21."
Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:30pm
Czech central bank holds rates steady as hike clues awaited
Business & Finance

Czech central bank holds rates steady as hike clues awaited

  • All analysts in a Reuters poll this week forecast the main two-week repo rate to stay at 0.25%, where the central bank has kept it since last May following a series of cuts when the coronavirus pandemic started.
  • The central European country has been one of the worst-hit by the latest waves of the pandemic and the central bank has warned of risks to longer-than-expected restrictions on retail and restaurants.
Published 24 Mar, 2021 06:42pm
Czech central bank sets limits on bank dividends
Business & Finance

Czech central bank sets limits on bank dividends

  • The bank said dividend proposals would be assessed individually and it expected to be able to complete assessments in the third quarter.
  • Komercni Banka intends, as soon as the regulators allow, to return the capital surplus exceeding the volume needed in accordance with the outlook for organic and inorganic growth in risk-weighted assets and for capital requirements, to shareholders.
Published 18 Mar, 2021 09:44pm
Czech central bank offers alternative with slower rate rise
Business & Finance

Czech central bank offers alternative with slower rate rise

  • The central bank left interest rates unchanged on Thursday, while the board saw substantial risks to staff forecasts from more prolonged anti-pandemic measures than the outlook assumes.
  • The "Longer-lasting pandemic-induced downturn scenario" predicts slower growth of the interbank rate (PRIBOR), a proxy for the central bank's main rate.
Published 05 Feb, 2021 08:35pm