(last updated on May 17 with April producer prices
and end-March balance of payments)
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KEY INTEREST RATES 2-WEEK REPO DISCOUNT LOMBARD
rate 0.75 pct 0.25 pct 1.75 pct
last changed
(date of decision) May 06, 2010 Aug 06, 2009 May 06, 2010
former rate 1.00 pct 0.50 pct 2.00 pct
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CZECH Q1 GDP (pct) Q1/10 Q4/09 2009
Real change q/q 0.2 0.7 n/a
Real change y/y 1.2 -3.1 -4.1
CONSUMER INFLATION 04/10 03/10 04/09
pct change month/month 0.3 0.3 -0.1
pct change year/year 1.1 0.7 1.8
NOTE: The average rate of inflation over the past 12 months was 0.6 percent
in April.
CZECH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 03/10 02/10 03/09 01-03/10
(CZK billion)
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT -12.60 10.25 3.59 13.27
Trade balance 21.31 17.83 23.61 54.74
Balance of services -4.13 1.15 4.51 -1.92
Income balance -26.89 -6.15 -23.94 -39.94
Current transfers -2.90 -2.59 -0.60 0.40
II. CAPITAL ACCOUNT 0.66 0.03 1.74 1.05
III. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT -14.87 2.15 -19.94 -13.60
Net Direct Investment -0.98 8.16 5.64 14.63
Czech abroad -1.76 -1.05 -3.11 -3.60
Into Czech Republic 0.78 9.21 8.75 18.23
Net Portfolio Investment 2.63 2.24 3.83 8.19
Assets -1.25 -0.30 12.69 -4.92
Liabilities 3.89 2.54 -8.86 13.11
Other Investments -22.47 -13.75 -25.62 -43.34
Change in foreign exchange
reserves (minus = growth) 5.91 5.45 -0.60 6.81
IV. BALANCE OF OMISSIONS &
EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS 26.81 -12.43 14.62 -0.72
NOTE. All 2010 figures are subject to revision. The 2009 figures are
revised. The CNB releases the monthly figures according to ECB methodology.
CZECH STATE BUDGET 01-04/10 01-03/10 01-04/09
revenue (CZK bln) 321.52 249.17 341.25
expenditure 399.75 295.11 396.91
balance -78.23 -45.94 -55.66
NOTE. The full-year 2010 central state budget was approved by parliament
with a gap of 162.7 billion crowns.
FOREIGN TRADE 03/10 02/10 03/09 01-03/10
(in bln CZK)
exports 219.53 184.18 (185.42) 194.87 577.99
imports 201.27 169.73 (170.09) 173.86 530.73
balance 18.27 14.45 (15.33) 21.02 +47.26
DYNAMICS OF TRADE (pct y/y change in CZK terms)
nominal exports 12.7 10.3 (11.0) -8.9 10.7
nominal imports 15.8 7.6 (7.9) -14.9 8.8
NOTE. All data are subject to further revision. Numbers may not add up due
to rounding.
CZECH FOREX RESERVES END-APR 10 END-MAR 10 END-APR 09
euro bln 29.533 29.443 27.868
$ bln 39.322 39.707 36.994
CZK bln 755.298 749.182 744.351
NOTE. The bank said it sold foreign currency worth an equivalent of 92
million euros in spot foreign exchange market operations in March. It sold
foreign currency worth 75.18 million euros in client operations in March.
CZECH M2 MONEY SUPPLY END-MAR 10 END-FEB 10 END-MAR 09
M1 change yr/yr 7.3 7.6 10.1
M2 change yr/yr 3.2 2.8 9.2
Loans to businesses
and households yr/yr -0.1 -0.1 13.3
M2-M1 (deposits) yr/yr -2.5 -3.8 8.0
