Czech Republic

On the back of the EUR20bn IMF-led bail-out package for Hungary, announced on October 28, the European Union has significantly stepped up its level of support for member-states... 2008-10-29

At the very beginning of the year we reiterated our negative outlook on central European equities, citing expectations of a downturn in aggregate demand resulting from further financial... 2008-09-11

Our short-term bullish view on central European local debt (see CE Debt Looks Promising Over Short Term July 14 in our online service) has played out, with the Czech and Hungarian... 2008-08-04

The macroeconomic challenges we highlighted in our last quarterly Emerging Europe sovereign risk ratings update have escalated further in the second quarter, with little sign of easing... 2008-07-17

Central European local debt markets have improved somewhat in recent weeks, with yields contracting from their June-July highs, and we believe that the technical patterns point towards... 2008-07-14

BMI's short-term view on European external debt markets has played out, with significant spread widening occurring in many of the region's benchmark 5-year credit default swaps (CDS).... 2008-07-04

A recurring theme we have been covering throughout central and eastern Europe since the beginning of the year is the upside shift in interest rate outlooks alongside spiralling inflation.... 2008-06-18

With fixed income markets increasingly pricing in a 25bps hike in the European Central Bank 's (ECB) refinancing rate, German treasury yields have soared. The benchmark 5-year bobl... 2008-06-10

The Czech koruna has bounced off the support level at CZK25.10/EUR we highlighted on May 28 (see Watch Trendline Support for Short-Term Direction in our online service) and is now... 2008-06-06

Our short-term positive view on central European external debt has played out with Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak benchmark 5-year credit default swap (CDS) spreads all narrowing... 2008-06-05