Development of business cycle in the Czech Republic: Trends, contexts, implications of economic policy

The paper is dedicated to analysis of factors having direct influence on the business cycle of the Czech economy in the previous decade. Indicators for surveillance were chosen not only to inform about current development of the economy but were also chosen such indicators that provide direct news about the status. These both groups were matched and analysed and interlinked in order to get a complex review. The paper comprises a benchmark of the central European region of Visegrad Four -- Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary which enables to assess Czech economy in a broader context