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CZECHIA: Parliament To Approve Pension Reform, CNB Holds Presser For Analysts

CZECHIA
  • The Bank Board decided to lower interest rates by 25bp yesterday. The two dissenting votes - one in favour of a 50bp cut and one in favour of a pause - indicated a growing divergence in the views of Bank Board members about the optimal interest-rate trajectory, even as they seemed to agree that in principle further monetary easing was warranted. The statement warned that the rate-cutting cycle could be paused or terminated with rates at restrictive levels should inflationary pressures strengthen.
  • Senior members of the CNB analytical staff will be joined by Deputy Governor Eva Zamrazilova during a press conference at 10:00GMT/11:00CET to discuss the details of the new economic forecast. Note that ahead of this week's meeting Zamrazilova said that she was undecided between voting for a 25bp or a hold.
  • The CZSO will release October unemployment data at 08:00GMT/09:00CET, with consensus looking for a downtick to 3.8% from September's 3.9%.
  • Lidove Noviny reported that the governing coalition will likely push a compromise version of its pension reform through the Chamber of Deputies as soon as today, increasing the retirement age to 67 for those born in or after 1989.
  • The Pirate Party will elect new leadership this Saturday, following the resignation of Ivan Bartos and other executives, as well as the party's exit from the ruling coalition.
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  • The Bank Board decided to lower interest rates by 25bp yesterday. The two dissenting votes - one in favour of a 50bp cut and one in favour of a pause - indicated a growing divergence in the views of Bank Board members about the optimal interest-rate trajectory, even as they seemed to agree that in principle further monetary easing was warranted. The statement warned that the rate-cutting cycle could be paused or terminated with rates at restrictive levels should inflationary pressures strengthen.
  • Senior members of the CNB analytical staff will be joined by Deputy Governor Eva Zamrazilova during a press conference at 10:00GMT/11:00CET to discuss the details of the new economic forecast. Note that ahead of this week's meeting Zamrazilova said that she was undecided between voting for a 25bp or a hold.
  • The CZSO will release October unemployment data at 08:00GMT/09:00CET, with consensus looking for a downtick to 3.8% from September's 3.9%.
  • Lidove Noviny reported that the governing coalition will likely push a compromise version of its pension reform through the Chamber of Deputies as soon as today, increasing the retirement age to 67 for those born in or after 1989.
  • The Pirate Party will elect new leadership this Saturday, following the resignation of Ivan Bartos and other executives, as well as the party's exit from the ruling coalition.