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Expert briefing
Publication date: 12 December 2018

Allegations of bribery and corruption against the former chairman of Poland’s Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), the financial sector regulator, have stoked both political and…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 6 July 2020

Lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19 have slowed economic activity. Throughout Central, Eastern and South-eastern Europe (CESEE), there were major portfolio outflows in…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 11 February 2015

The impact on Central Europe of the reverse in Swiss monetary policy.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB197601

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 31 March 2023
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Central Europe banks face low risk

Banks in the four Visegrad countries (V4) countries -- Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia -- are generally sound and well-capitalised, but regulators are vigilant in…

Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 September 2016

Holding interest rates at their current low levels is likely to lead to further consolidation of Poland's banking sector, as larger state-owned companies absorb smaller players…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213479

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 June 2015

State-controlled PZU Group, Poland's largest insurer, was already bidding for a 25% stake in Italian-controlled mid-tier lender Alior Bank, and now wants to acquire Austrian-owned…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB200029

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 30 June 2015

Despite mounting pressure on Hungarian assets, partly stemming from the Greek crisis, and the end in May of a long spell of deflation, the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) expects to…

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Publication date: 27 March 2017

The celebration came just days before the United Kingdom is set to begin the withdrawal process. Precisely what path the EU will take over the next decade remains uncertain and…

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