Financial indicators and the Czech economy - Macroeconomic stabilization and monetary policy in transition economies

The article summarizes papers presented at two seminars organized by the Cz ech Economic Association in November 1999 held in Ostrava and Jindrichuv Hr adec, respectively. The first seminar "Financial Indicators and the Czech E conomy", attracted papers aimed at both presenting the theory and testing t he explanatory power of financial indicators' performance in the Czech econ omy. The second seminar "Macroeconomic Stabilization and Monetary Policy in Transition Economies", brought together participants interested in monetar y policy transition issues. Topics such as price level convergence, Taylor rule, Monetary Conditions Index, inflation expectations, and others were ad dressed.