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Economic Transformation Strategies for Czech Republic

The OECD 2014 Survey highlights challenges faced by Czech economy and recommends strategies like adapting monetary policy, fiscal sustainability, retirement age adjustments, and diversifying income sources. It emphasizes the need for skills development, innovation, and strengthening the service sector to drive future growth.

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Economic Transformation Strategies for Czech Republic

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  1. TheMacroeconomic context OECD Economic Survey of the Czech Republic 2014

  2. The Czech economy has double-dipped

  3. Credit financed domestic demand growth has ended Credit expansion has slowed Bank credits to resident in % of GDP

  4. Which together with the international crisis => a recession that is only ending • Supporting the recovery: • Accommodative monetary stance until deflation risks recede • Preserve neutral fiscal stance in the short term • Secure fiscal sustainability • Higher effective retirement age • Lower pension indexation (avoid old-age poverty) • Diversifying pensioners’ income sources • ForwardingAccelerating increases in statutory retirement age • Independent fiscal council with a broad remit

  5. Fiscal policy has room to postpone consolidation, but not for ever Fiscal position, 2012

  6. The zero interest rate floor has been reached

  7. After a year of discussions CNB intervened on the exchange rate Exchange rates vis-à-vis the Euro (National currency/EUR)

  8. The exchange rate intervention seems to have worked – although a unconventionally • The exchange rate depreciated by a relatively small amount (less than 5%) • Prices see to have reacted with some delay and not as strongly as hoped • Quantities (exports, consumption) seem to react more or less immediately • The overall environment in the euro are is characterised by low inflation • Exit is well defined in theoretical terms but may become tricky in practical terms

  9. Growth has been based on manufacturing exports • Bosting industry’s share of value added in the economy

  10. Via high integration in the global (German) value chain

  11. Income convergence has stalled, pointing to a need for new growth drivers

  12. Looking ahead [all the following slides are very good, but not macro, more an overview for what is in the Survey] • Further income convergence cannot rely on manufacturing alone • Indeed, an implication of income convergence is the loss of current cost advantages • Benefiting more from global value chains: • Move up the value added chain: • in final exports goods • in intermediate inputs

  13. Future income convergence must rely on: • A stronger service sector • Boost value added in production • Stimulate innovation • Exploit domestic resources of growth • Better skill use and school-to-work transitions • Moving up the value added chain requires new set of skills • Growth depend on an education system that adjusts to changes in labour market needs

  14. This survey points to: • Strengthening the domestic economy via promotion of competition • Strengthening skill use and school-to-work transitions

  15. Thank you • Merci • Muito obrigado • Mange tak • Děkuji • Danke für Ihre Aufmerksamkeit

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