Czech Republic

While news that the Czech Republic posted negative q-o-q real GDP growth in Q409 surprised to the downside, we nevertheless hold to our forecast for a 1.8% expansion in 2010. We see government spending and a pick up in domestic demand as likely to be the key factors driving this, while gross fixed capital formation should also undergo a tentative recovery after a dire 2009.

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