CNB to issue regular publications in electronic form only

The Bank Board of the Czech National Bank (CNB) has decided to stop publishing and distributing the following regular CNB publications in printed form with effect from 2010: the Annual Report, the Financial Stability Report, the Financial Market Supervision Report and the Inflation Report. These publications will be provided in electronic form only. The Bank Board’s decision is a response to the global communication trend and is consistent with the CNB’s efforts to be as efficient and environmentally friendly as possible. Electronic communication has been gaining in importance in recent years, with the internet becoming the main communication channel for many institutions, including central banks. The CNB has already, for example, limited the circulation of printed internal documents and reduced the number of copies of its printed publications. All the aforementioned publications will be made available in pdf format on the CNB website at www.cnb.cz.

Marek Petruš, CNB spokesman