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EUR/CZK holds steady after the CNB lowered the countercyclical capital buffer rate while Deputy Governor Karina Kubelkova said that the next monetary policy decision will be between raising rates or holding them steady. The rate last deals -0.049 at CZK23.673, with bears looking for losses past May 26 low of CZK23.588 and towards May 9 low of CZK23.340.

  • The central bank cut the countercyclical capital buffer rate by 25bp and deactivated the DSTI limit on mortgage lending, while keeping LTV and DTI requirements unchanged. Meanwhile, Kubelkova's comment on monetary policy reaffirms the Bank Board's familiar bias, with members not yet ready to discuss lowering interest rates.

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