Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

All seven members of the Czech National Bank's (CNB) governing board voted to keep interest rates unchanged today, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the central bank's governor Jiri Rusnok (photo) said at a press conference following the Bank Board's meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

All seven members of the Czech National Bank's (CNB) governing board voted to keep interest rates unchanged today, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the central bank's governor Jiri Rusnok (photo) said at a press conference following the Bank Board's meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

All seven members of the Czech National Bank's (CNB) governing board voted to keep interest rates unchanged today, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the central bank's governor Jiri Rusnok (photo) said at a press conference following the Bank Board's meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

All seven members of the Czech National Bank's (CNB) governing board voted to keep interest rates unchanged today, on Wednesday, September 23, 2020, the central bank's governor Jiri Rusnok (photo) said at a press conference following the Bank Board's meeting. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jan Frait

Jan Frait

Czech National Bank financial stability section head Jan Frait speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok (left) speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference after discussing Financial Stability Report 2019/2020, announces the report outcome and Bank Board decision on setting counter-cyclical buffer rate and recommendation on risk management related to mortgage loans in Prague, Czech Republic, June 18, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

gold bricks, golden, deposit, Czech National Bank (CNB) museum

Gold bricks displayed in the Czech National Bank (CNB) Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Josef Horazny)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a press briefing after working lunch with Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, on March 11, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok, Alena Schillerova, Karel Havlicek

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok, Alena Schillerova, Karel Havlicek

L-R Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, Finance Minister Alena Schillerova and Industry and Transport Minister Karel Havlicek attend a press briefing after working lunch, on March 11, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok

R-L Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok attend a press briefing after working lunch, on March 11, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok

Andrej Babis, Jiri Rusnok

L-R Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok attend a press briefing after working lunch, on March 11, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Andrej Babis

Andrej Babis

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a press briefing after working lunch with Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, on March 11, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth estimate for this year to 2.3 percent from November's estimate of 2.4 percent, and estimate for last year to 2.5 percent from the previous 2.6 percent, governor Jiri Rusnok, pictured, said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 6, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth estimate for this year to 2.3 percent from November's estimate of 2.4 percent, and estimate for last year to 2.5 percent from the previous 2.6 percent, governor Jiri Rusnok, pictured, said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 6, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth estimate for this year to 2.3 percent from November's estimate of 2.4 percent, and estimate for last year to 2.5 percent from the previous 2.6 percent, governor Jiri Rusnok, pictured, said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 6, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

From left Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, and CNB financial stability section head Jan Frait speak during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

From left Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, and CNB financial stability section head Jan Frait speak during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

From left Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, and CNB financial stability section head Jan Frait speak during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok comes to the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

Jiri Rusnok, Jan Frait

From left Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok, and CNB financial stability section head Jan Frait speak during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Czech National Bank (CNB) governor Jiri Rusnok speaks during the press conference on financial stability report 2018/2019 in Prague, Czech Republic, May 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth forecast to 2.9 percent for this year and to 3 percent for next year, CNB governor Jiri Rusnok (pictured) said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 7, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth forecast to 2.9 percent for this year and to 3 percent for next year, CNB governor Jiri Rusnok (pictured) said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 7, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth forecast to 2.9 percent for this year and to 3 percent for next year, CNB governor Jiri Rusnok (pictured) said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 7, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth forecast to 2.9 percent for this year and to 3 percent for next year, CNB governor Jiri Rusnok (pictured) said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 7, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

The Czech National Bank (CNB) has downgraded its GDP growth forecast to 2.9 percent for this year and to 3 percent for next year, CNB governor Jiri Rusnok (pictured) said at a press conference after the Bank Board meeting on February 7, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok, Vladimir Oppl, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Jiri Rusnok, Vladimir Oppl, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB) Jiri Rusnok (right) and author of design Vladimir Oppl (left) look on the gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

The gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million was unveiled during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok, Jaroslav Moravec, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Jiri Rusnok, Jaroslav Moravec, exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million

Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB) Jiri Rusnok (right) and curator Jaroslav Moravec (left) unveil the gold coin weighing 130 kilograms with a nominal value of CZK 100 million during a press briefing on opening exhibition marking 100 years of Czech-Slovak crown, on January 31, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Some 20 cultural, political and social events will commemorate 100 years of British Embassy in Prague this year in the programme #stolet (#hundredyears) launched today, on Thursday, January 17, 2019, in Thunovsky Palace, the embassy seat, in Prague. Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB) Jiri Rusnok attends the events celebrating the British-Czech relations take place in the year when Britain is to leave the EU. British Ambassador Nick Archer (not on the photo) said the programme would show how diverse and lively the British-Czech relations were at the moment but it would also look towards the future as Britain wants to strengthen the relations further in the 100 years to come. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok, Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB), speaks during a press conference on events of next year's celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the monetary separation of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok

Jiri Rusnok, Governor of the Czech central bank (CNB), speaks during a press conference on events of next year's celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the monetary separation of Czechoslovakia from Austria-Hungary, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

20-crown coins with portraits of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Edvard Benes, Milan Rastislav Stefanik, coin

20-crown coins with portraits of Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, Edvard Benes, Milan Rastislav Stefanik, coin

The CNB Czech central bank has issued 20-crown coins with the portraits of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (center) and Edvard Benes (left), and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik (right), on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, on October 24, 2018. On the photo are seen new coins in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 25, 2018. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

20-crown coin with portrait of Edvard Benes

20-crown coin with portrait of Edvard Benes

The CNB Czech central bank has issued 20-crown coins with the portraits of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Benes (pictured), and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, on October 24, 2018. On the photo are seen new coins in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 25, 2018. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

The CNB Czech central bank has issued a golden coin worth 10,000 crowns on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the CNB has announced in a press release on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The front of the coin depicts a hillock with a lime tree (a Czech symbol) the crown of which is covered by shields with heraldic animals from the great Czech state emblem, such as the Bohemian lion and the Moravian and Silesian eagles. It is accompanied by the coin's value of 10,000 crowns. The back side shows the great emblem of the Czechoslovak Republic with a facsimile of the signatures of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Benes, and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik, in the upper part. The lower part shows a hillock with a young linden tree and the dates 1918 and 2018. There is an inscription reading THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA around the coin with the initials of the author of its artistic design, artist Vladimir Pavlica. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

The CNB Czech central bank has issued a golden coin worth 10,000 crowns on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the CNB has announced in a press release on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The front of the coin depicts a hillock with a lime tree (a Czech symbol) the crown of which is covered by shields with heraldic animals from the great Czech state emblem, such as the Bohemian lion and the Moravian and Silesian eagles. It is accompanied by the coin's value of 10,000 crowns. The back side shows the great emblem of the Czechoslovak Republic with a facsimile of the signatures of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Benes, and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik, in the upper part. The lower part shows a hillock with a young linden tree and the dates 1918 and 2018. There is an inscription reading THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA around the coin with the initials of the author of its artistic design, artist Vladimir Pavlica. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

The CNB Czech central bank has issued a golden coin worth 10,000 crowns on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the CNB has announced in a press release on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The front of the coin depicts a hillock with a lime tree (a Czech symbol) the crown of which is covered by shields with heraldic animals from the great Czech state emblem, such as the Bohemian lion and the Moravian and Silesian eagles. It is accompanied by the coin's value of 10,000 crowns. The back side shows the great emblem of the Czechoslovak Republic with a facsimile of the signatures of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Benes, and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik, in the upper part. The lower part shows a hillock with a young linden tree and the dates 1918 and 2018. There is an inscription reading THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA around the coin with the initials of the author of its artistic design, artist Vladimir Pavlica. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Vladimir Pavlica, the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

Vladimir Pavlica, the golden coin worth 10,000 crowns

The CNB Czech central bank has issued a golden coin worth 10,000 crowns on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia, the CNB has announced in a press release on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The front of the coin depicts a hillock with a lime tree (a Czech symbol) the crown of which is covered by shields with heraldic animals from the great Czech state emblem, such as the Bohemian lion and the Moravian and Silesian eagles. It is accompanied by the coin's value of 10,000 crowns. The back side shows the great emblem of the Czechoslovak Republic with a facsimile of the signatures of the first and second Czechoslovak presidents, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Edvard Benes, and the first defence minister Milan Rastislav Stefanik, in the upper part. The lower part shows a hillock with a young linden tree and the dates 1918 and 2018. There is an inscription reading THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA around the coin with the initials of the author of its artistic design, artist Vladimir Pavlica (photo). (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)