Czech Republic: More tightening in 2018 & 2019

The statement and press conference following today’s Czech MPC meeting – at which the Council resumed its tightening cycle – were on the hawkish side, supporting our view that further rate hikes are in store. We expect that the policy rate will be raised to 1.25% by end-2018 and 2.00% by end-2019.

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