This time on the development of economic activity, which had already started to stagnate in February. Jaromír Šindel, the CBA's chief economist, explained how events in the Middle East could affect economic activity. He also talked about developments in the labour market and the stagnation of unemployment at 5%, but the numbers of unemployed people in the youngest and oldest age groups are growing. In contrast, the mortgage market continued to grow, both in terms of the number of new mortgages and their volume.