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The Ministry of Finance publishes tables concerning the level and development of the central government debt for 4th quarter 2009 under the methodology of IMF. The tables facilitate to analyze the debt under following basic criterions:

• Central Government Debt by Type of Instrument 
• Central Government Debt by Maturity 
• Central Government Debt by Type of Holder

The Ministry of Finance also offers data on state guarantees and time series of the development of the central government debt:

• Debt Guaranteed by the Central Government  
• Development of the Central Government Debt 

Data concerning the level and development of the central government debt are available in the summary table as well:

• Fiscal Data for the Czech Republic - Central Government Debt 

• Issuance Calendar of Treasury Bonds for 2nd Quarter 2010
• Issuance Calendar of Treasury Bills for 2nd Quarter 2010

Issuance calendars results from Funding and Debt Management Strategy for 2010.

On 8 December 2009, the European Investment Bank (the “EIB”) and the Czech Republic acting through the Ministry of Finance (the “Issuer”) entered into a Funding Agreement whereby the Czech Republic agreed to make available to the EIB and the EIB agreed to consider purchasing Czech Republic Treasury Bonds issued from time to time by the Issuer, in order to part-finance a wide range of measures to restore infrastructure in four affected Czech river basins after the floods of June and July 2009 (the “Flood Damage Reconstruction 2009 Funding Agreement”). >> details

The regular update of the Convergence Programme (the “CP”) is hereby submitted as a part of the European Union’s multilateral budgetary surveillance and fiscal policy coordination process. With respect to the date of submission, the macroeconomic scenario draws from the data known at January 15, 2010.

Contents:

• Introduction 
• Economic Policy 
• Macroeconomic Scenario 
• General Government Deficit and Debt 
• Comparison with the Previous Convergence Programme and Sensitivity Analysis 
• Quality of Public Finances – Revenues and Expenditures 
• Sustainability of Public Finances 
• Changes to the Institutional Framework for Fiscal Policy 
• Implementation of the Excessive Deficit Procedure 
• Annexes 

Source: MF, Convergence Programme - January 2010, publiched 02/2010, download in format: PDF, WORD, Zip.

The regular comprehensive evaluation of Primary Dealers is carried out on the basis of the four quantitative criteria specified in „Financing and Debt Management Strategy for 2006“ published on 1st December 2005 and put more formally within the document „Conduct of Cooperation and Performance Evaluation of the Activities of Primary Dealers in the Czech Government Bonds“ released in the Ministry’s Financial Newsletter, No. 11-12, on 15th December 2006.

The next five financial institutions listed thereinafter were the most active in the Czech domestic primary and secondary government bond market, in the electronic secondary NewEuroMTS market with trading of Czech eurobonds, in operations within financial management of debt portfolio and in the treasury liquidity management operations.

• Source: MoF, Debt and Financial Assets Management Department
• Published: 1st February 2010

The regular comprehensive evaluation of Primary Dealers is carried out on the basis of the specified quantitative criteria.

• Source: MoF, Debt and Financial Assets Management Department
• Published: 1st February 2010

Macroeconomic forecasts are prepared by the Financial Policy Department of the Czech Ministry of Finance with quarterly periodicity. It contains a forecast for current and following years and for some indicators an outlook for further 2 years. As a rule, they are published in the second half of the first month of each quarter.

• Press release – (January 2010)
  

The Ministry of Finance submits the twentieth Debt Portfolio Management Quarterly Review to present the underlying debt portfolio risk management measures and performance with respect to the planned annual financing programme and achieving the medium-term strategic targets of debt management policy. For the year 2009, these targets were quantified by the Financing and Debt Management Strategy for 2009 released on 3 December 2008 and based on the Finance Minister’s decision. The Strategy specifies operating space of the asset and liability management trough issuance activity, financial investment and active operations of MoF on secondary market of government bonds and financial derivatives.

• Published on January 08, 2010 by Funding & Portfolio Management, Ministry of finance

The Government today discussed and adopted an analysis entitled “Assessment of the Fulfilment of the Maastricht Convergence Criteria and the Degree of Economic Alignment of the Czech Republic with the Euro Area”, which assesses the preparedness of the Czech Republic for ERM II entry and subsequent introduction of the euro. Based on this analysis and in line with the Czech Republic’s Updated Euro-area Accession Strategy (August 2007), the Government agreed with the recommendation of the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic and the Czech National Bank not to set a target date for euro area entry yet and not to attempt to enter ERM II during 2010.

The Ministry of Finance publishes tables concerning the level and development of the central government debt for 3rd quarter 2009 under the methodology of IMF. The tables facilitate to analyze the debt under following basic criterions:

• Central Government Debt by Type of Instrument
• Central Government Debt by Maturity
• Central Government Debt by Type of Holder

The Ministry of Finance also offers data on state guarantees and time series of the development of the central government debt:

• Debt Guaranteed by the Central Government
• Development of the Central Government Debt

Data concerning the level and development of the central government debt are available in the summary table as well:

• Fiscal Data for the Czech Republic - Central Government Debt

• Issuance Calendar of Treasury Bonds for 1st Quarter 2010
• Issuance Calendar of Treasury Bills for 1st Quarter 2010

Issuance calendars results from Funding and Debt Management Strategy for 2010.

The Strategy is based on and is consistent with the draft act on the Czech Republic’s state budget for 2010, the Medium-term Outlook of the Czech Republic’s State Budget for 2011 and 2012, the Medium-term Expenditure Framework for 2011 and 2012, the internal Issuance Plan of Government Bonds for 2010 to 2012 and the Czech Republic’s Convergence Programme.