Financial markets

This section contains information about the foreign exchange market, the money market and the Treasury securities market, including regulations relating to the financial market in the Czech Republic. The “Foreign exchange market” subsection gives information, for example, on foreign exchange market rates and exchange rates of other currencies, on foreign exchange transactions and on the volume and structure of the CNB’s international reserves. The “Money market” subsection provides information on interest rates announced by the CNB, money market turnovers and current banking sector liquidity, CNB open market operations and parameters of the liquidity-providing operations. The “Treasury securities market” subsection contains an issuance calendar as well as the results of auctions of short-, medium- and long-term bonds, lists of participants and issues, and auction rules. Data starting from 1999 can be found in the “ Financial market inflation expectations” subsection.

In accordance with Act No. 6/1993 Coll., on the Czech National Bank (pdf, 278 kB), the Czech National Bank is authorised to keep a record of the securities issued by the Czech Republic and maturing within one year, a record of the securities issued by the Czech National Bank and a record of bonds maturing within one year, and is authorised to operate a settlement system for these investment instruments. These activities are performed via the short-term bond system (SKD). The SKD - Short-Term Bond System subsection contains relevant regulations, general information relating to the system, a brief description of SKD activities, and SKD statistics.