FX rates 28.03.2024
All FX rates
EUR - 25.305 CZK
USD - 23.413 CZK
GBP - 29.594 CZK

New division director in the Financial Regulation and International Cooperation Department

David Vyhnálek will become Director of the Financial Market Regulation Division III in the Financial Regulation and International Cooperation Department. The Bank Board made this decision at its meeting on 28 March 2024. The change will take effect on 1 April 2024.

Macroprudential and monetary policies in the era of Great Macrofinancial Volatility

Presentation by Deputy Governor Jan Frait for the Financial Stability Conference: Turbulent Times, which was held in Budapest on 25 March 2024 (pdf, 278 kB).

The deadline for paper submissions to the First Annual Czech National Bank Workshop is approaching

The submission deadline for the First Annual Czech National Bank Workshop is 31 March 2024, leaving only a few days remaining to send in your papers. The event, which is being organised by the Czech National Bank, will take place on 13 and 14 June 2024 in Prague.

CNB publishes financial report and financial statements for 2023

The CNB publishes its annual financial report and its financial statements on its website after delivering them to the Chamber of Deputies.

Global Economic Outlook 3/2024 is out now

The March issue of Global Economic Outlook presents the regular monthly overview of recent and expected developments in selected territories. The analytical part of this issue looks at the rise in popularity of artificial intelligence, focusing not only on the economic perspective, which promises increased labour efficiency and productivity, but also mentions the ethical, safety and social issues that the new technology brings.

CNB records a profit of CZK 55.1 billion in 2023

The Czech National Bank (CNB) recorded an accounting profit of CZK 55.1 billion in 2023, as stated in the financial statements and financial report approved by the CNB Bank Board at its meeting on 20 March.

Read CNB Governor Aleš Michl’s selected speeches and interviews in which he explains how the central bank is fighting inflation and what steps it is taking to achieve price stability.

The older 1995–1999 versions of Czech banknotes have ceased to be legal tender. How can you identify the invalid banknotes most easily and where can you exchange them?

Key rates

4.75%

Discount Rate

5.75%

2W Repo Rate

6.75%

Lombard Rate

2.0%

CCyB
Rate

Inflation

2.0%

February 2024

CNB current forecast

2.6%

Inflation
2024

2.0%

Inflation
2025

0.6%

GDP
2024

2.4%

GDP
2025

Golden Rules for Bureau-de-Change Clients

  1. Change money only at designated bureaux de change. Before changing money, carefully read all the information given on the exchange rate list.
  2. The terms “purchase and sale of foreign currency” and the corresponding exchange rates, i.e. the information about the direction of the exchange, are given from the bureau de change’s perspective...

More about ten golden rules

CNB resumes operation of services at its branches

  • All branches and regional offices of the Czech National Bank will return to full operation, five days a week, from Monday, 14 December 2020.
  • The standard opening hours for CNB clients and the public will be Monday to Friday from 7.30 am to 2.00 pm, with a lunch break from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm.
  • Before your visit, you can check the opening hours for each of our offices on the CNB website (Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň, Hradec Králové, České Budějovice and Ústí nad Labem).