Czech Republic to Bottom Out?

Politics ♦ Published: November 23, 2013; 10:40 ♦ (Vindobona)

The economic data for the third quarter indicate that the downward trend is stopped now, governor of the CNB said. Nevertheless, the GDP data are worse than expected.

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Miroslav Singer, governor of the Czech National Bank explained that the preliminary GDP data point that the economy has bottomed out.

In opposition to Singer, CNB vice-governor Vladimir Tomsik warned that the Czech recession will continue after a short interruption. After six negative consecutive quarters, the Czech GDP was up by 0.6% in the second quarter. In the third…