Dec 6
Czech: CNB stays on hold despite dovish signal from its new forecast
Yesterday, the CNB Bank Board decided to keep interest rates on hold by a narrow 4-to-3 majority. This was out of step with expectations following the release of the previous voting result, where both the Governor and the Vice-Governor had been in favour of cutting the key rate to 1%. Nevertheless, the close outcome of the vote shows that efforts were clearly made in certain quarters to reduce rates. One of the likely factors persuading the Board to leave rates unchanged was the latest central
