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ANO Continues To Lead In Polls, Finance Ministry Holds Bond Auction

CZECHIA
  • A fresh Median opinion poll showed that ex-Prime Minister Andrej Babis' ANO party continues to dominate the domestic political scene and would win a parliamentary election with 32% of the vote. Prime Minister Petr Fiala's ODS lags with a support rate of 14%, with the Pirate Party on 10.5%. TOP 09 and KDU-CSL would not make it past the 5% threshold, but otherwise support for non-parliamentary parties is growing.
  • CNB Governor Alex Michl revealed that the central bank has commissioned three independent reports on the implementation of its monetary policy from three higher education institutions. The results are expected to be published by the end of this year and will be used to improve the CNB's forecasting tools.
  • Czechia's economic confidence improved to 97.0 in April from 94.2 prior as consumer confidence rose to 103.8 from 99.9 (beating the 101.1 BBG consensus forecast) and business sentiment increased to 95.6 from 93.0.
  • The Finance Ministry is due to offer for sale CZK8bn of bonds maturing in 2033 and 2035 at an auction today.

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