Economics

Gross Domestic Product 2.2 % year-over-year Rise in Consumer Prices (Inflation) 1.8 % year-over-year Industrial Production 0.3 % year-over-year Gross Domestic Product Trends 2.2 % year-over-year Wage Trends 8.1 % year-over-year (nominal) Monthly Changes in Consumer Prices (Inflation) 1.5 % yoy total Post-COVID Recovery of Economic Activity 2.1 %yoy (May 2026) Unemployment 4.96 % (06-2026) Confidence Indicators 0.9 % year-over-year

July sentiment will please the CNB, but the more favorable outlook will be offset by higher oil prices High savings, rising property prices and little relief for the CNB June sentiment brings mild optimism for growth, but warns on inflation and the labour market The CNB hiked the policy rate to 3.75% and will likely keep them there until the autumn Low inflation may be misleading. Domestic pressures could prompt the CNB to raise interest rates.

Banking sector

Banking Sector Assets 11 911.00 billion CZK Number of employees 37 919 Number of Banks by Size 43 (total) Bank Profits in the Economy 128.76 billion CZK Profitability of the Banking Sector 1.12 % return on assets Capital Adequacy and the Role of Profit in It 23.14 % Net interest income 1.56 % of assets Interest income and expenses 45.65 billion CZK Interest Income in Banks' Profits 179.28 billion CZK

Mortgage standards have tightened, but not only strong demand has mitigated the impact on lending conditions CNB tightens banks' capital buffer. Responds to faster credit growth and new risks, including fiscal Banking statistics for March 2026 Market forces in mortgage rates: the rise in market interest rates has only partially been reflected in mortgage rates. Strong competition in the market is helping. Banking statistics for February 2026

Loans and deposits

Loans and deposits

Loan Trends 8.5 % year-over-year Deposit Trends 5.1 % year-over-year Ratio of Non-Performing Loans 1.5 % New Loans in the Economy 159 billion CZK New Loans in the Economy: A Closer Look 99 billion CZK Interest Rates on New Loans 4.3 %

Mortgage standards have tightened, but not only strong demand has mitigated the impact on lending conditions Banking Statistics for May 2026 The CNB hiked the policy rate to 3.75% and will likely keep them there until the autumn CNB tightens banks' capital buffer. Responds to faster credit growth and new risks, including fiscal Stronger wave of mortgage refixing, while the interest-rate shock eases. Higher inflation remains a risk.

CBA Hypomonitor

CBA Hypomonitor

Number of new mortgages granted, excluding and including refinancing and loan increases 46 thousand; YTD Volume of Newly Granted Mortgages, Including and Excluding Refinancing and Top-Ups 215.9 billion CZK; YTD Average Interest Rate on New Mortgages 4.79 % Average Size of a New Mortgage 4.68 million CZK Illustrative Average Monthly Mortgage Payment 25 841 CZK Total Mortgage Volume for the Year 385 billion CZK

Mortgage standards have tightened, but not only strong demand has mitigated the impact on lending conditions CBA Hypomonitor: Higher Rates and Regulations Slowed Mortgage Growth, but the Market Remained Strong in June CBA Hypomonitor: A slight increase in the mortgage rate to 4.67% sustained solid activity in May CBA Hypomonitor: April also rewrote mortgage highs with still low rate of 4.52% Stronger wave of mortgage refixing, while the interest-rate shock eases. Higher inflation remains a risk.

Real estate prices

Real estate prices

Trends in Real Estate Asking Prices 12.9 % yoy Trends in Actual Prices of Older Apartments 14.5 % yoy Changes in actual apartment prices in Prague, % yoy 12.1 % yoy Prices of new and nearly new apartments and the number of transactions 9.4 % yoy Prices of older apartments and the number of transactions 9.2 % yoy Prices of apartments and single-family homes 4.7 % yoy Prices of new and nearly new apartments by region 141.0 thousand CZK per square meter Prices of older apartments by regional capital 77.4 thousand CZK per square meter Prices of single-family homes by regional capital 6.39 (price per house in millions of CZK)

High savings, rising property prices and little relief for the CNB Realized apartment prices are rising more slowly, but the regional markets have not yet cooled off Strong pace of growth in supply prices of flats also at the beginning of 2026 Stronger household incomes outpaced house price growth for six quarters House prices up 12 percent last year, rental housing up 10 percent in some regions

CBA Forecast

CBA forecast: gross domestic product 2.0 % yoy CBA Forecast: Consumer Prices (Inflation) 2.5 % year-over-year CBA forecast: average wage 6.1 % yoy CBA Forecast: Unemployment 4.8 % CBA forecast: CNB interest rate 3.50 % CBA forecast: exchange rate against the euro 24.4 CZK/euro

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Loans and deposits
Loan Trends

Loan Trends

8.5 % year-over-year

Current value (households)

8.6 % year-over-year

Last Month's Value

Loan Trends

(% year-over-year)

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Source of primary data

CNB ARAD

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Loans and Deposits

Data Frequency

monthly

Note

Data not adjusted for calendar and seasonal effects.
Year-over-year figures from April 2022 and 2023 were affected by the revocation of Sberbank CZ, a.s.’s license (removal from the statistics in April 2022) and the repurchase of its portfolio, which was thus re-included in the statistics in April 2023.

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Mortgage standards have tightened, but not only strong demand has mitigated the impact on lending conditions

Mortgage standards have tightened, but not only strong demand has mitigated the impact on lending conditions

Jaromír Šindel 23. 07. 2026

The CNB’s survey of banks’ lending conditions for the second quarter came as no surprise; the most significant change concerned housing loans. The central bank’s stricter criteria for investment mortgages tightened not only the banks’ lending requirements. In line with historical experience, this supported demand, likely temporarily. The impact on lending conditions was partially offset by lower bank margins and more favorable repayment terms. In an environment of continued strong competition, the stronger demand helped mitigate the impact of the spike in market interest rates on mortgage rates, which consequently rose more modestly. However, expectations of weaker demand for housing loans in the third quarter are changing this narrative. Surveys on consumer and business loans are also likely to keep the CNB’s outlook on the hawkish side.

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