The influence of the financial crises on the economy of Slovakia and the economy of the Czech Republic in 2008-2012, differences, particularities, specifiks

This thesis analyzes the process of selected macroeconomic indicators of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic between years 2006 and 2012. In this period of time the global financial crises began and also the Slovak Republic adopted the euro currency and gave up of the ability to use the monetary policy. The thesis compares the condition of the economy of Slovakia and the economy of the Czech Republic before the crises, during the crises and in the following years and also tries to find the impact of the euro currency on the economy of Slovakia. At the end of the research I reached the conclusion, that the Slovak Republic was more affected by the crises in 2009 than the Czech Republic, because of the negative impact of the euro. The euro had neither positive nor negative impact in the following years on the economy of Slovakia