IMF Staff Country Reports

Czech Republic: Selected Issues

January 28, 2008

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Summary

This paper reviews the fiscal reform of the Czech Republic, its key reform measures, and structural implications. The study also focuses on key challenges and demographic pressures facing the Czech economy, and describes the analytical framework of Global Fiscal Model (GFM) with technical details. It analyzes tax and expenditure measures and implications of additional measures for fiscal consolidation on debt sustainability. It reviews the formulation of the Czech National Bank (CNB) and also the Global Integrated Monetary and Fiscal Model (GIMF) to analyze monetary policy challenges lying ahead and the targets for reducing inflation.

Subject: Corporate income tax, Income, Labor, National accounts, Personal income, Social security contributions, Taxes, Wages

Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe, Corporate income tax, CR, Debt sustainability, Deficit, Expenditure, GDP, GDP deficit, Global, Income, Inflation adjustment, Inflation pressure, Inflation target, ISCR, Labor market, Monetary policy, Personal income, Social security contributions, Tax, Wages, Western Europe

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    114

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 2008/040

  • Stock No:

    1CZEEA2008002

  • ISBN:

    9781451810271

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685