- Czech central banker Janacek wants stable interest rates for foreseeable future as risks are mixed
Interview of K. Janacek, CNB Board member
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones Newswires 25.1.2012)
- Rates should be higher
Interview of E. Zamrazilova, CNB Board member
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters 24.1.2012)
- Czechs Don’t Need Higher Rates in Near Term
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, Bank Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 20.1.2012)
- Czech Rates May Stay at Record Low in 2012
Interview of the CNB Governor Miroslav Singer
By Radoslav Tomek and Peter Laca (Bloomberg 19.1.2012)
- Czech Rate Cut May Hurt Economy Via Koruna
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 13.12.2011)
- Czech Central Banker Rezabek Opposes Rate Changes
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones Newswires 12.12.2011)
- The Czech crown currency's recent weakening is "doing the job"
Interview of Vladimír Tomšík, CNB Vice-Governor
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters 12.12.2011)
- Ready To Hike Rates If CZK Weakens, Prices Rise
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, Bank Board member
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones 5.12.2011)
- Das deutsche Dilemma
Mojmir Hampl (Financial Times Deutschland 28. 11. 2011, p. 24)
- Czech cbanker Rezabek says prefers rate stability
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters 24.10.2011)
- Czech Rates Should Be Held Through March, Policy Maker Says; Janacek Wants Main Czech Rate to Remain Steady Through March
Interview of Kamil Janáček, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 24.10.2011)
- Czech Central Banker Opposes Rate Cut
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones 7.10.2011)
- Hampl: Czech cbank policy could soften if risks rise
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Michael Winfrey and Robert Muller (Reuters 13.9.2011)
- Czechs May Delay Rate Increase If Euro Woes Worsen, Lizal Says
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 7.9.2011)
- Interest rate illusion (pdf, 141 kB)
Mojmír Hampl, CNB Vice-Governor for Banka Magazine
Banka Magazine, Croatia, September 2011
Croatian version: Kamatna zamka (pdf, 196 kB)
- Euro Debt Woes May Delay Czech Rate Raise, Policy Maker Says
Interview of Vladimír Tomšík, CNB Vice-Governor
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 27.7.2011)
- Tomsik Says Czech Rate Raise May Be Delayed by Euro Debt Crisis
Interview of Vladimír Tomšík, CNB Vice-Governor
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 27.7.2011)
- L. Lízal: Czech rate hike may be delayed by euro zone crisis
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, CNB Board member
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters 20.7.2011)
- K. Janáček: Higher Rates Needed
Interview of Kamil Janáček, CNB Board member
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones 19.7.2011)
- Europe risks creating another Icesave
By Mojmír Hampl and Vladimír Tomšík (Financial Times 19.7.2011, p. 8)
- Taxing times: Why an FTT would be bad for Europe
By Mojmír Hampl (GFS News 11.7.2011)
- Will the new monetary policy consensus work for a small, open economy?
Jan Frait, Zlatuše Komárková, Luboš Komárek (Central Banking 17.5.2011)
- Looking back at 2010
Vladimír Tomšík (Bankovnictví, 26.5.2011, page 1 Top finance - introduction)
- M.Singer: Czech Central Bank Weighs Rate Rise On Economy Picking Up
Interview of the CNB Governor Miroslav Singer
By Margit Feher and Veronika Gulyas (Dow Jones 28.5.2011)
- Czech Exporters Remain Sole Growth Drivers
Interview of the T. Holub, Executive Director of the Monetary and Statistics Department
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones 23.5.2011)
- Euro entry not on agenda
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Vladimír Tomšík
Matthew Plowright and Thomas Escritt (Emerging Markets 20.5.2011)
- Czech Central Bank: Renminbi Inclusion In IMF SDRs Questionable
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Frances Robinson (Dow Jones Newswires 19.5.2011)
- Der Euro als Glaubensfrage (in German language, pdf, 401 kB)
(Neue Zürcher Zeitung 19.5.2011)
- Czech Policy Maker Says Hasty Increase Is Riskier Than Low Rates
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, Bank Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 17.5.2011)
- Czech Central Banker Lizal: Rates To Rise, But Outlook Cloudy
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, Bank Board member
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones 17.5.2011)
- Czech c.banker says no haste to tighten
Interview of Lubomír Lízal, Bank Board member
By Jana Mlcochova and Jan Lopatka (Reuters 17.5.2011)
- K. Janáček: Asset Price Bubbles
Editorial by CNB Bank Board member in a dedicated issue of Finance a úvěr - Czech Journal of Economics and Finance
(Finance a úvěr, 61, 2011, no. 1, Introduction)
- M. Singer: Economy’s Signals Cloud Interest-Rate Outlook
CNB Governor Miroslav Singer speaks in an interview with Bloomberg News
By Halia Pavliva and Peter Laca (Bloomberg 18.4.2011)
- M. Hampl: Economic Outlook Unchanged
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 7.4.2011)
- M. Hampl: Demand remains subdued
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Jana Mlcochova and Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 7.4.2011)
- Czech cbanker says rates could rise in May
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Robert Müller, Jana Mlčochová (Reuters 5.4.2011)
- Rezabek: CNB May Raise Rates Earlier
Bank Board member Pavel Rezabek speaks in an interview with Bloomberg
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 15.3.2011)
- Zamrazilova: Inflation Key Threat To Growth
Board Member Eva Zamrazilova speaks in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires
By Leoš Rousek (Dow Jones Newswires, 14.3.2011)
- Czech cbanker Janacek says rates should rise
Board member Kamil Janáček speaks in an interview with Reuters
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters, 14.3.2011)
- Central Banker Seeks Revolutionary Ideas
Inflation targeting must be modified. But how?
Mojmír Hampl (The Wall Street Journal 2.2.2011)
- Central banks after the crisis: Many questions, few answers
Mojmír Hampl (Central Banking Publications 20.1.2011)
- Barnier is increasing rather than reducing risks
Mojmír Hampl (Global Financial Strategy News 4.1.2011)
- M. Hampl sees downside risks from euro zone
Board member Mojmír Hampl speaks in an interview with Reuters
By Jana Mlcochova and Jan Lopatka (Reuters 14.12.2010)
- Czech Policy Maker Sees Earlier Rate Increase on Faster Growth
Board member Robert Holman speaks in an interview with Bloomberg
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 10.12.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Zamrazilová: Still Room To Raise Rates
Board member Eva Zamrazilova speaks in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones Newswires 16.11.2010)
- Europas Harmonie-Überdosis
Mojmír Hampl (FT Deutschland 22.10.2010)
(see also English version of 8.10.2010)
- Strong Czech exports could bring hike
Interview of Kamil Janáček, CNB Board member
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters 12.10.2010)
- Europe’s Harmony Overdose
By Mojmir Hampl (Project syndicate website 8.10.2010)
(see also German version of 22.10.2010)
- The Euro's Instability Pact
It is impossible to effectively enforce supra-national rules among nation states that have sovereign budgets.
By Mojmír Hampl (The Wall Street Journal 28.9.2010)
- Miroslav Singer: Es gibt derzeit keine Aussichten auf die Euro- Mitgliedschaft (in German language, pdf, 461 kB)
Interview of the CNB Governor Miroslav Singer
By Stefan Menzel (Handelsblatt, 15.9.2010 p. 53)
- Pavel Řežábek: Rates too low but stability valued
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
(Reuters 14.9.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Says No ‘Immediate’ Need for Rate Increase
Interview of Kamil Janáček, CNB Board member
(Bloomberg 8.9.2010)
- Vladimír Tomšík: I agree with the interest rate path implied by the current forecast
Answers to questions from Reuters (30.8.2010)
- Der Euro ist keine Alternative zur Krone
By Mojmír Hampl (Die Presse 28.7.2010)
- Squaring the circle of financial intermediation (pdf, 109 kB)
Mojmír Hampl (Global Financial Strategy July 2010, p. 11)
- Czech Banker Backs Off Euro
Interview of the CNB Governor Miroslav Singer
By Gordon Fairclough and Leos Rousek (The Wall Street Journal Europe 9.7.2010, p. 6)
- Czech Central Banker Sees Rates Staying Low
Governor Miroslav Singer speaks to Dow Jones Newswires in an interview
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones Newswires 8.7.2010)
- Czech cbank chief sees rates flat longer than thought
Governor Miroslav Singer speaks to Reuters in an interview
By Jana Mlcochova and Michael Winfrey (Reuters 8.7.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Sees Rates at Record Low for ‘a While’
Governor Miroslav Singer speaks to Bloomberg in an interview
By Alan Crosby and Douglas Lytle (Bloomberg 8.7.2010)
- Bank tax increases moral hazard (pdf, 5,5 MB)
CNB Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl for Banka Magazine
Banka Magazine (Croatian magazine), 1.7.2010
Croatian version: Bankarski porez povećava moralni hazard, pdf, 606 kB
- Czech Policy Maker Says Rates May Go Up Early If Revival Holds
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg 14.6.2010)
- Czech c.banker: no change in policy for now
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Jana Mlcochova and Michael Winfrey, Reuters (2.6.2010)
- The Czech financial sector remains stable even at a time of recession
Robert Holman (Ekonom 20.5.2010, Top finance - introduction)
- Czech Republic is still far away from the Switzerland
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Ecaterina Locoman (Radio Free Europe, 14.5.2010)
- Czechy: gospodarka jest wazniejsza niz euro (pdf, 802 kB, in Polish)
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmir Hamp
WPROST 19/2010
- Czech central banker says crown strong, room to cut rates
Interview of the CNB Board member V. Tomšík
By Jana Mlčochová (Reuters, 22.4.2010)
- Der EU droht das Aufsichtschaos
Mojmír Hampl (Financial Times Deutschland 20.4.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Singer Sees Room for Lower Rates
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 13.4.2010)
- The EU is making a big mistake on banking supervision
CNB Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl for Europe's World
(Europe's World, 1.3.2010)
- Wer mit Tricksereien beitreten will, wird bestraft
CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer for ARD-studio Prague
By Christina Janssen (ARD-Studio Prag, 25.2.2010)
- Wie die Politiker die Märkte belehren
Mojmir Hampl
Commentary for Die Presse, 10.2.2010 (in German)
- Czech Central Bank May Delay Rate Rises, Tomsik Says
Interview of Vladimír Tomšík, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 26.1.2010)
- Interview with CNB vice-Governor M. Singer at the Euromoney conference
(Video, link to the Thomson Reuters website, 20.1.2010)
- Euro Hopes Slim With Any New Govt
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones Newswires, Vienna, 20.1.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Singer: Sees 2010 GDP +2% On Year
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones Newswires, Vienna, 20.1.2010)
- Czech central banker sees first rate hike in Q2 or Q3
Interview of Robert Holman , CNB Board member
by Jana Mlcochova (Reuters 20.1.2010)
- Czech Central Banker Singer Sees Rates Unchanged in ‘Near Term’
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 8.1.2010)
- Politicians and the Financial Crisis
By Mojmír Hampl
(Wall Street Journal, 15.12.2009, s. 14)
- CPI, GDP key to Czech rate decision
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Sandor Peto (Reuters, 8.12.2009)
- Interview: Zdenek Tuma, central bank governor
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Jan Cienski (ft.com 8.12.2009)
- Czech central banker Řežábek hints stable rates better option
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Leos Rousek (Dow Jones Newswires, 7.12.2009)
- Czech rates could change either way - cbanker
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Jana Mlcochova (Reuters, 18.11.2009)
- Czechs Don't Need Lower Rates Now, Zamrazilova Says
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 16.11.2009)
- Czech National Bank Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer responds to a blog article published in the online version of The Financial Times
(ft.com/brusselsblog, 15.11.2009)
- Czech c.banker sticks to guns on stable rates
Interview of Robert Holman, CNB Board member
By Jana Mlcochova (Reuters, 26.10.2009)
- Resolving nonperforming assets in the Czech Republic: Theory and practice (link to the CESifo DICE Report website)
Jan Cimburek, Miroslav Kollár, Luboš Komárek and Pavel Řežábek
CESifo DICE Report - Quarterly Journal for Institutional Comparisons 3/2009
- Czech Central Bank Should Loosen Policy, Singer Says
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Andrea Dudikova and Peter Laca (Bloomberg, 20.10.2009)
- An exaggeration of CEE's woes
Miroslav Singer (Financial Times 6.10.2009)
- Czech Ctrl Bk Head: See No Strong Inflationary Risk
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Joe Parkinson (Dow Jones Newswires, 5.10.2009)
- Governor Tůma for Reuters
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Toni Vorobyova (Reuters, 5.10.2009)
- Pre-crisis boom won't return: Czech central banker Hampl
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 29.9.2009)
- Czech central banker lashes out at regulation plans
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 29.9.2009)
- Czech Budget Gap May Prompt Higher Rates, Central Banker Says
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Radoslav Tomek and Lenka Ponikelska (Bloomberg, 16.9.2009)
- Advice for Western Europe
Mojmir Hampl (The International Herald Tribune, 11.9.2009 p. 7)
- Czech Republic Shouldn’t Rush to Euro ‘Umbrella’, Hampl Says
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
By James M. Gomez and Douglas Lytle (Bloomberg, 28.7.2009)
- Czech c.banker calls for fiscal revamp
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Jana Mlcochova and Robert Mueller (Reuters, 21.7.2009)
- Czech c.bank's Singer sees room to debate cut
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
By Jana Mlcochova and Robert Mueller (Reuters, 21.7.2009)
- Czech Central Banker Zamrazilova Says Economy Reached Bottom
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Frances Robinson and Radoslav Tomek (Bloomberg, 3.7.2009)
- Tomsik Sees Room for Czech Central Bank to Cut Interest Rates
Interview of Vladimír Tomšík, CNB Board member
By Andrea Dudikova (Bloomberg, 11.6.2009)
- Zamrazilova: few reasons to lower rates
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
Jana Mlčochová (Reuters, 10.6.2009)
- The Czech financial sector successfully copes with crisis thus far
Mojmír Hampl (Ekonom 21.5.2009, Bankovnictví 22.5.2009)
- Czech Central Bank Has Room To Cut Rates Again
CNB bank board member R. Holman for Dow Jones Newswires
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones Newswires, 22.5.2009)
- Tschechische Nationalbank warnt vor Geldschwemme (in German language, pdf, 3 MB)
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer (Der Standard, 22.5.2009, p. 24)
Johanna Ruzicka
- Singer: "Kein Euro in Tschechien vor 2014" (in German language, pdf, 914 kB)
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer (Wirtschafts Blatt, 22.5.2009, p. 11)
Aureliusz M. Pedziwol, Sissi Eigruber
- Governor Zdenek Tuma speaks in an interview with the Central Banking Journal (pdf, 316 kB)
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma (conducted in February 2009)
By Martina Horáková (Central Banking Journal, published 20.5.2009)
- CNB's Hampl welcomes stabilisation of koruna volatility
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Mojmír Hampl
(Reuters, 20.5.2009)
- Czech cbank gov Tuma says Q1 growth "not so bad"
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Michael Winfrey (Reuters, 15.5.2009)
- No hangover from forex credit fuelled boom in the Czech Republic
Response to a Wall Street Journal article
Miroslav Singer, Vice-Governor
- Czech bank governor warns economy could shrink by 2%
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Jan Cienski and Thomas Escritt (ft.com, 23.3.2009)
- The Czech economy
By Miroslav Singer (The Economist, 5.3.2009)
- The passing of illegitimate crowns
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Stephan Delbos
The Prague Post, 5 March 2009
- Media inaccurate in portrayal of CEE’s plight
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer
(CentralBankNews.com, 2.3.2009)
- Central and eastern European' label has stopped making sense
By Mojmír Hampl, Vice-Governor, Czech National Bank
ft.com 26.2.2008
- Euro wymaga zgody politycznej
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
(Rzeczpospolita, 26.1.2009)
- Financial Strangulation?
2.12.2008 The Wall street journal
By Mojmír Hampl
- Czech Ctrl Bker Zamrazilova:Rate Cut Likely To Be Considered
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
(Of Dow Jones Newswires, 28 July 2008)
- Rate Cut Likely To Be Considered (pdf, 111 kB)
Interview of Eva Zamrazilová, CNB Board member
By Sean Carney (Of Dow Jones Newswires, 28 July 2008)
- Strong economy means Czechs will wait to adopt the euro
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Jan Cienski (ft.com, 3.6.2008)
- Uncertainties do not inevitably mean problems
By Zdeněk Tůma (Top finance page 1, annex Bankovnictví 23.5.2008, Ekonom 22.5.2008)
- Czech c.banker prefers flat rates but sees risks
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Jan Lopatka, (Reuters, 26.2.2008)
- Czech Rate Rise May Be Needed on Wages, Rezabek Says
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Marketa Fiserova, Yon Pulkrabek (Bloomberg, 26.2.2008)
- Reforms needed for eurozone
Interview of the CNB Governor Zdeněk Tůma
By Jan Cienski (The Financial Times, 12.10.2007)
- Czech Cbank's Tuma: Market Turmoil Need Not Derail Mon Policy
By David Barwick (finance.cz 21.8.2007, Zpravodajství ČTK)
- Czech c.banker Niedermayer wants rate hikes
By Luděk Nidermayer for Thomson Financial News (Reuters, 15.8.2007)
- Look Who Needs Austerity Now
By Mojmír Hampl (The Wall Street Journal, 16.7.2007)
- Czech Ctrl Banker: Higher Yields May Dent Koruna
Interview of Pavel Řežábek, CNB Board member
By Sean Carney (Dow Jones Newswire, 14.6.2007)
- Economy 'ready for gear change'
Interview of Mojmír Hampl, CNB Board member
By Bradley Gardner (Czech business weekly, 19.3.2007, page: 12)
- Europe's club of nations needs a rule change
By Zdeněk Tůma, Governor of the Czech National Bank (Financial Times, 4.1.2007, page: 11)
- Czech Central Banker Says CPI Forecast May Ease Rate Increases
Interview of the CNB Board member Jan Frait
By Marketa Fiserova (Bloomberg, 21.7.2004)
- Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 16.4.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Chief Executive Director Pavel Racocha for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 15.4.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 9.4.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Chief Executive Director Michaela Erbenova for the Reuters
By Marek Petrus (Reuters, 14.3.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Chief Executive Director Jan Frait for the Reuters
By Marek Petrus (Reuters, 5.3.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Oldrich Dedek for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka and Marek Petrus (Reuters, 15.2.2002)
- Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Ludek Niedermayer for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka (Reuters, 8.12.2001)
- Czech c. banker says rate hike not needed now
Interview of Jan Frait, the CNB board member for the Reuters
By Jan Lopatka (PRAGUE, Reuters, 21.8.2001)
- Still on course
Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Zdeněk Tůma for Prague Business Journal (Prague Business Journal, 16.10.2000, Page: 20)
- Interview of the CNB Governor Zdenek Tuma for the Bridge News agendy (pdf, 15 kB)
- Interview of the Jan Frait, member of the CNB Bank Board for the Bridge News agency (pdf, 12 kB)
- Interview of the CNB Vice-Governor Oldrich Dedek for the Bridge News agency (pdf, 66 kB)
- Interview of the CNB Governor Josef Tošovský for the Bridge News agency (pdf, 16kB)
Governor Josef Tošovský answered the questions of the Bridge News agency. The full text of his written answers is in Czech (pdf, 84 kB). The English version provides a Bridge News press release sent to its customers.
