Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

This section feature research, opinion and progress reports on how the Czech Republic compares to other EU countries economically. It includes analysis of international rankings such as the WEF and World Bank.

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19th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Competitiveness: Czech Republic 31st in WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016. Up six places, but competing for what? (updated)

On 30 September, the Global Economic Forum published their Global Competitiveness Report 2015-2016, looking at the competitiveness of 140 countries around the globe; Czech Republic being one of them. The Czech Republic ranked 31st, up six places compared with the 2014 report (but - up (only) two p...
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15th October 2015 / Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Competitiveness: Foreigners in the Czech Republic: babies, students, entrepreneurs, expats, migrants (updated)

There are 460,000 foreigners living in the Czech Republic (data as of mid-2015). The proportion of foreigners among new-born babies in the Czech Republic has been steadily rising as it was 1.4 percent 10 years ago, while the figure rose to over 3 percent by last year, according to the data publish...
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2nd August 2015 / Competitiveness / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth


Competitiveness: ECB criticizes lack of convergence in the eurozone

The eurozone´s central bank last week used an unusually strong wording to assess the convergence progress among member states of the monetary bloc. According to the central bankers, early adopters of the euro (the original 11 members plus Greece, which joined them in 2001, before the introduction ...
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic