Press Releases
Press Releases - year 2012/2011/2010
Ministry of Finance publishes thereport of the International Monetary Fund Mission in the Czech Republic (February 2012) - STAFF REPORT FOR THE 2012 ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION
Source: MoF, 58 - International Relations Department, 582 - International Organisations and Bilateral Relations Outside the EU Unit, published May 21, 2012
Additional information - published February 28, 2012:
Conference - Enhancing the Partnership between V4 Countries and the World Bank Group - 21st March 2012
The conference "Enhancing the Partnership between V4 Countries and the World Bank Group" was held on 21st March 2012 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Czernin Palace under the auspices of the Deputy Minister of Finance Mr. Tomáš Zídek and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimír Galuška. The conference was a part of the Czech Presidency activities within the Visegrad Group and was jointly organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance in close cooperation with the World Bank Group.
The conference was followed the next day by a seminar “Business Opportunities for V4 Private Sector: Products and services of IFC and its Partners”. The seminar was opened by the president of the Chamber of Commerce Mr. Petr Kužel. The International Finance Corporation presented specific opportunities for private sector in the sectors of infrastructure, manufacturing and consultancy services.
Please find the presentations from both days - to be download in format Zip
Source: Ministry od Finace - Dept 58 - International Relations Department; published 29.03.2012, to be download in ZIP format
Ministry of Finance publishes the final report of the International Monetary Fund Mission in the Czech Republic (February 2012)
Czech Republic - 2012 Article IV Consultation Concluding Statement - February 27, 2012 ("Concluding Statement“)
- Source: MoF, 58 - International Relations Department, 582 - International Organisations and Bilateral Relations Outside the EU Unit, published February 27, 2012
Czech Republic issues successful long 10-year EUR 2 billion Eurobond
On February 20th, The Czech Republic, rated A1, AA-, and A+ (all stable outlook) by Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch respectively, launched and priced a new long 10-year EUR 2bn Eurobond issue, achieving a coupon of 3.875%. Barclays Capital, Česká spořitelna (Erste Group), SG CIB and UniCredit were mandated as Joint-Lead Managers.
Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic releases on its web pages new Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation (IMF)
On April 4, 2011 the Executive Board of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Czech Republic.
Source: © 2011 International Monetary Fund March 2011, IMF, relesead 04/2011
CNB and MF recommend not to set euro adoption date yet
The Czech National Bank and the Ministry of Finance have recommended not to set a target date for adopting the euro yet and thus not to attempt to enter ERM II in 2011. This joint recommendation, based on 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”, was adopted by the government at its meeting on 22 December 2010.
Assessment of the Fulfilment of the Maastricht Convergence Criteria and the Degree of Economic Alignment of the Czech Republic with the Euro Area - 2010
On 22th December 2010, the Czech Government 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 - 2010”, which assesses the Czech Republic’s preparedness to adopt 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 Czech Ministry of Finance and the Czech National Bank not to set a target date for euro area entry for the time being and not to attempt to enter ERM II during 2011.
