(last updated on Dec 15 with Nov producer prices)
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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 Q3 GDP (pct) Q/Q YR/YR
Real change 1.0 (1.1) 2.8 (3.0)
consumption 0.6 0.7
Household 0.0 1.2
Government 1.8 -0.5
Gross capital formation 6.9 14.4
Fixed 3.7 1.7
Foreign trade
Exports 5.6 14.1
of goods 8.0 14.7
of services -7.1 9.9
Imports 7.5 16.6
of goods 7.9 17.0
of services 5.3 14.4
NOTE. GDP totalled 925.394 billion crowns for the third
quarter in nominal terms. Previous flash estimates in parenthesis.
CONSUMER INFLATION 11/10 10/10 11/09
pct change month/month 0.2 -0.2 0.2
pct change year/year 2.0 2.0 0.5
NOTE: The average rate of inflation over the past 12 months was 1.4 percent
in November.
CZECH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS 10/10 09/10 10/09 01-10/10
(CZK billion)
I. CURRENT ACCOUNT 0.62 -19.40 10.29 -90.22
Trade balance 22.41 18.05 18.85 174.65
Balance of services -3.23 -3.51 -0.07 -28.64
Income balance -15.78 -31.28 -7.20 -231.62
Current transfers -2.78 -2.66 -1.29 -4.62
II. CAPITAL ACCOUNT 0.06 0.23 1.68 26.40
III. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT 11.91 18.56 -7.85 82.94
Net Direct Investment 9.88 19.63 4.36 108.78
Czech abroad -0.88 -0.66 -0.69 -19.36
Into Czech Republic 10.76 20.29 5.05 128.13
Net Portfolio Investment 1.96 53.12 27.67 150.92
Assets -5.68 -1.87 3.01 5.27
Liabilities 7.65 54.99 24.66 145.65
Other Investments -5.71 -5.53 -37.38 -122.23
Change in foreign exchange
reserves (minus = growth) 6.06 -48.47 -2.60 -52.36
IV. BALANCE OF OMISSIONS &
EXCHANGE RATE ADJUSTMENTS -12.59 0.62 -4.12 -19.12
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 01-11/10 01-10/10 01-11/09
revenue (CZK bln) 897.92 834.51 873.40
expenditure 1,038.67 931.24 1,042.81
balance -140.76 -96.73 -169.41
NOTE. The full-year 2010 central state budget was approved by parliament
with a gap of 162.7 billion crowns.
FOREIGN TRADE 10/10 09/10 10/09 01-10/10
(in bln CZK)
exports 231.70 230.27 (231.64) 197.63 2,061.35
imports 216.41 219.34 (219.29) 181.20 1,949.75
balance 15.30 10.93 (12.35) 16.43 111.60
DYNAMICS OF TRADE (pct y/y change in CZK terms)
nominal exports 17.2 17.0 (17.7) -9.6 16.0
nominal imports 19.4 21.9 (21.8) -19.0 18.6
NOTE. All data are subject to further revision. Numbers may not add up due
to rounding.
CZECH FOREX RESERVES END-NOV 10 END-OCT 10 END-NOV 09
euro bln 31.893 31.861 28.273
$ bln 41.462 44.155 42.482
CZK bln 794.617 783.934 738.762
NOTE. The bank said it sold foreign currency worth an equivalent of 80
million euros in spot foreign exchange market operations in October. It bought
foreign currency worth 216.32 million euros in client operations in October.
CZECH M2 MONEY SUPPLY END-OCT 10 END-SEPT 10 END-OCT 09
M1 change yr/yr 15.3 15.3 8.1
M2 change yr/yr 4.4 4.7 4.1
Loans to businesses
and households yr/yr 2.0 1.4 2.0
M2-M1 (deposits) yr/yr -12.0 -11.6 -1.4
