Czech Republic: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report
IMF Staff Country Reports, January 20, 2023
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- Published: January 20, 2023
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400231391.002
Context and Overview
- Publication date: January 20, 2023
- Pages: 89
- Volume: 2023
- Issue: 031
- Series: Country Report No. 2023/031
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400231391.002
- Stock No: 1CZEEA2023001
- ISBN: 9798400231391
- ISSN: 1934-7685
Key findings on the macroeconomic outlook
- Russia’s war in Ukraine has stifled the Czech Republic’s nascent recovery from the pandemic.
- Uncertainty is high due to the war, with risks to economic activity tilted to the downside and risks to inflation tilted to the upside.
- The economy remains vulnerable to the availability of and further increases in energy and commodity prices.
- Gas shortages are unlikely this winter but further increases in energy prices are identified as a key risk.
- Inflation is well above target and the rise in the cost of living is causing significant social pressure.
Policy priorities and recommendations
- Balance monetary and fiscal policies to reduce inflation while supporting the most vulnerable amid a volatile economic environment and high risks to the outlook.
- Once uncertainty dissipates, continue the structural policy agenda to support medium-term growth and resilience.
- Labor market policies should:
- Improve the integration of women, migrants, and refugees.
- Facilitate the green and digital economic transformation.
- Pension policy:
- Index the retirement age to life expectancy to improve pension sustainability and increase labor supply.
- Energy and climate policy:
- Treat energy security as an immediate priority.
- Continue policies for the green transformation despite near-term security concerns.
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- Subject: Consumption, Economic and financial statistics, External debt, External sector statistics, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Inflation, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts, Prices
- Keywords: Consumption, creating capital inflows, Europe, External sector statistics, Fiscal stance, Global, headline inflation, high-inflation environment, Inflation, inflation expectation, potential GDP, reducing inflation
International Monetary Fund. Czech Republic: 2022 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; and Staff Report (Country Report No. 2023/031), January 20, 2023.
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