From 2008, the Bank Board will meet to discuss monetary issues eight times a year. In previous years, the Bank Board met to discuss monetary issues once a month and, in exceptional cases, at extraordinary meetings. The monetary policy meeting is followed by a press conference. At the press conference, the CNB releases a brief digest of the information which the Bank Board based its discussion on, a list of the risks pertaining to the current forecast according to the Bank Board members, and the Bank Board’s decisions regarding the interest rate settings, including the ratio of the votes cast. The presentation given at the press conference is made available immediately after the press conference, usually at around 4 p.m. Since 31 May 2007, audio recordings from the press conferences have been made available on the CNB website about one hour after the press conference. The minutes of the meeting, reflecting the Bank Board members’ discussion, are usually published 8 days later. Detailed transcripts of the regular Bank Board meetings and the inputs for the Bank Board’s decisions on monetary issues (Situation Reports on Economic and Monetary Developments) are published six years later.

Data: http://www.cnb.cz/en/monetary_policy/bank_board_minutes/