wiiw Forecast Reports
CZECH REPUBLIC: Stability and (undue) caution
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in: Moving Into the Slow Lane
wiiw Forecast Report No. Spring 2019, March 2019 , pp. 80-83
The strong rise in public investment in 2018 is to moderate in 2019 thus reducing overall growth accordingly. Tight labour markets and the ongoing
wage push support private consumption. Despite this, higher inflation is not on the horizon while rising unit labour costs are responsible for falling
corporate profitability and may weaken foreign trade performance. Monetary policy may become too restrictive. Fiscal policy targeting surpluses does little to support growth.
Reference to wiiw databases: wiiw Annual Database, wiiw Monthly Database
Countries covered: Czechia