Czech labour market has been getting closer to standard labour market, notable growth of long-term unemployment can therefore be expected in the years to come. The level of long-term unemployment is still much lower in comparison with market economies, so that wide space still exists to stop...

The article deals with the problems of adaptation of Czech foreign trade to challenging markets of developed countries. It devotes special attention to the trade with the EU since the problems of adaptation, leading to growing trade deficits, were most profound in this territory. In the end of...

1997 was a turning point in the development of unemployment. The rate of unemployment grew steadily in 1998, in February 1999 reaching a record-high level in the history of unemployment in the Czech Republic: 8.3 %. Significant growth of long-term unemployment which is one of the most pressing...

This article goes through the history of the external imbalance in the Czech Republic. The first signs of imbalance appeared in 1994, negative tendencies, however, culminating at the end of 1996 and the beginning of 1997. The current account deficit has been decreasing since the third quarter of...