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Czech economy at the beginning of 1997

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  • Kamil Janáček
  • Martin Čihák
  • Marie Frýdmanová
  • Tomáš Holub
  • Eva Zamrazilová

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Czech GDP growth in 1996 failed to reach the rates expected by most domestic and foreign experts and institutions. Compared to initial forecasts which ranged between 5.0 and 5.5 %, the actual growth of real GDP fell short by roughly 1 percentage point: we expect the final GDP growth figure to be within 4.1 - 4.4 %. Private consumption and fixed investment were the main factors of GDP growth in 1996. A gap persisted between domestic supply and domestic demand; the gap tended to be relatively stable and was covered by a fast increase of imports of goods and services.The slowdown of GDP growth was caused by several factors, prominent among them are: a sizeable slowdown of export; lack of ability to launch a more dynamic export effort; nominal appreciation of the Czech currency against both the DEM and the USD; a decelerating effect of the measures taken by the Czech National Bank in mid 1996, when monetary policy turned from neutral to restrictive.

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  • Kamil Janáček & Martin Čihák & Marie Frýdmanová & Tomáš Holub & Eva Zamrazilová, 1997. "Czech economy at the beginning of 1997," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 1997(2).
    • Handle: RePEc:prg:jnlpep:v:1997:y:1997:i:2:id:123
    DOI: 10.18267/j.pep.123
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