Centre-right wins in Czech Republic, tough times lie ahead

The recent elections in the Czech Republic appear to have produced a strong centre-right coalition, which will step up efforts at tackling the public deficit. But the looming fiscal squeeze adds to the economic headwinds, and we now expect interest rates to remain unchanged at record lows until 2012.

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