Minutes of the Bank Board Meeting
Minutes of the Bank Board Meeting on 26 March 2020
Article detailCNB relaxes credit ratio limits for new mortgages
The CNB Bank Board has relaxed the limits on three credit ratios used in assessing applications for new mortgages.
Article detailCNB regards loan moratorium as economically justified
The CNB regards the draft law on some measures in the area of loan repayment in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic (the loan moratorium), prepared by the Ministry of Finance and approved by the Czech government on 1st April, as economically justifiable.
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CNB versus coronavirus
The CNB is taking steps to support an economy hit by the coronavirus epidemic. You will find a comprehensive overview of everything that might interest you in connection with the coronavirus and the CNB at a special website.
Key rates
0.05%
Discount Rate
1.00%
2W Repo Rate
Inflation
February 2020
CNB current forecast
2.3%
Inflation
2021, Q1
2.1%
Inflation
2021, Q2
2.3%
GDP
2020
2.8%
GDP
2021
Golden Rules for Bureau-de-Change Clients
- Change money only at designated bureaux de change. Before changing money, carefully read all the information given on the exchange rate list.
- 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...
Limited acces to CNB buildings
- The cash counters have been closed until further notice in connection with the measures against the spread of the coronavirus.
- Services for the CNB's clients - the persons for whom the CNB maintains accounts - remain unchanged.
- Cash are exchangeable only by post via the CNB's headquarters or out-of-Prague offices in Brno Ostrava, České Budějovice, Hradec Králové, Plzeň and Ústí nad Labem.
- The CNB's special library, the archive and the People and Money exhibitions in Prague and Brno are also closed until further notice.