{"id":8023,"date":"2019-09-23T17:36:35","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/?p=8023"},"modified":"2019-09-23T17:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T16:36:35","slug":"analysts-cnb-to-hold-interest-rates-through-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/analysts-cnb-to-hold-interest-rates-through-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysts: CNB To Hold Interest Rates Through 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech National Bank (CNB) is likely to hold interest rates unchanged through 2020 as it balances inflationary pressures at home with policy easing and economic weakness abroad, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The central bank has paused its two-year tightening cycle since delivering a rate hike in May, when it raised the key two-week repo rate CZCBIR=ECI by 25 basis points to 2.00%, the highest since 2008.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All respondents in the Reuters poll see the bank holding fire at this year\u2019s three remaining policy meetings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eight of the 13 analysts see the main rate also remaining at its current level for the whole of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Two analysts forecast the bank\u2019s next move would be an interest rate cut coming in the first quarter of 2020, and one analyst saw a cut coming in Q2 next year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Central bankers who have spoken since their last meeting on Aug. 1 have said they would now like rates kept stable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/uk-czech-economy-rates-poll\/czech-central-bank-seen-holding-fire-through-2020-reuters-poll-idUKKBN1W80Z5\">Reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Czech National Bank (CNB) is likely to hold interest rates unchanged through 2020 as it balances inflationary pressures at home with policy easing and economic weakness abroad, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday. &nbsp; The central bank has paused its two-year tightening cycle since delivering a rate hike in May, when it &#8230; <a title=\"Analysts: CNB To Hold Interest Rates Through 2020\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/analysts-cnb-to-hold-interest-rates-through-2020\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Analysts: CNB To Hold Interest Rates Through 2020\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[18],"tags":[241],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Analysts: CNB To Hold Interest Rates Through 2020 - Prague Business Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/praguebusinessjournal.com\/analysts-cnb-to-hold-interest-rates-through-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Analysts: CNB To Hold Interest Rates Through 2020 - Prague Business Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Czech National Bank (CNB) is likely to hold interest rates unchanged through 2020 as it balances inflationary pressures at home with policy easing and economic weakness abroad, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Monday. &nbsp; The central bank has paused its two-year tightening cycle since delivering a rate hike in May, when it ... 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