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Economic Slowdown To Accelerate As ST Rates Break Above pre-GFC highs

CZECHIA
  • Economic activity could start to significantly decelerate in H2 following the dramatic rise in ST rates.
  • Czech 2y yield broke above the 5% key resistance in the end of last week as inflation continues to surprise positively, currently trading above the high reached prior the Financial Crisis.
  • Yesterday, CNB member Benda mentioned in an interview that Czech inflation return towards the 2% target will be delayed by half a year (to end-2023) due to the war shock.
  • Historically, a dramatic tightening in financial conditions has been followed by a significant economic slowdown in the next 6 to 12 months.
  • The chart below shows that the 2Y change in the 2Y yield has strongly led the industrial production (Proxy for economic activity) by 6 months in the past 15 years.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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