The Maastricht Criteria and their perfomance in the Czech Republic

This thesis on the topic of perfomance the Maastricht criteria in the Czech Republic is paid to the analysis of the fulfillment of the Maastricht criteria by the Czech Republic for the period 2001 - 2014 and analysis of pairwise correlation and regression relationship between long-term interest rates and growth of the gross domestic product in the Czech Republic for various periods at different models. This thesis first deals with theoretical as regards economic and monetary union, the Eurosystem, the euro area and the Maastricht criteria. Within the theoretical basis thesis explains the advantages and disadvantages of monetary union for the Czech Republic. Analytical part is divided into two blocks. The first block analyzes the performance of individual Maastricht criteria by the Czech Republic in the period 2001 -2014 and outlines possible performance in future years. The second block of the analytical part focuses on the pair correlation and regression analysis between long-term interest rates and growth of the gross domestic product in the Czech Republic for various periods at different models. Chapter Results and discussion, together with the conclusion of the thesis summarizes the individual results and findings