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All About Fiscal Consolidation Package

CZECHIA
  • From the top of the hour, Czechia's Chamber of Deputies will debate the government's fiscal consolidation package and pension reforms intended to curb budget deficits. The government claims that its legislative proposals will bring savings to the tune of CZK94bn next year and CZK148bn the following year. It is expected that the opposition ANO and SPD parties will use all available means to delay the adoption of the austerity measures as much as possible.
  • This comes after Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that trade unions and employers will jointly prepare a proposal to modify the austerity package. They will submit the proposal to the governing coalition for a review, before the government decides whether to implement these changes. Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura said that if any proposed change is accepted, it will be introduced by the coalition as an amendment in parliament.
  • Commenting on yesterday's retail sales data, CSOB write that "it seems that the expected stabilisation in real wages does not yet have a positive effect on the consumer behaviour of Czech households and they continue to have their foot off the gas," while the latest retail sales print poses a downside risk to their Q2 GDP estimate (+0.1% Q/Q).

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