International Conference on Economics, Finance & Business, Rome

Keynote Speaker

Mr. Mikuláš Zeman
Prague University of Economics and Business, Czech Republic

Mikuláš Zeman currently works at the Czech National Bank as a Senior Economist in the Monetary Department. Before joining the Czech National Bank, he worked as an analyst at PwC. He also works as a research assistant at the Faculty of Economics, Prague University of Economics and Business. His research focuses primarily on international economics, public finance, and monetary policy. At the Prague University of Economics and Business, he teaches courses in economics, microeconomics, and macroeconomics.

Mikuláš Zeman will deliver a keynote speech titled: "Should the Czech Republic Entry into the Euro Area?"

The paper addresses the question of whether the Czech Republic should adopt the euro. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the potential advantages and disadvantages of euro adoption. The applied methodological framework combines logical reasoning with the analysis and comparison of statistical data. The analysis indicates that joining the euro area would currently be disadvantageous for the Czech Republic and would entail a significant number of risks. The loss of independent monetary policy, which played an important role in curbing high inflation during the recent inflation surge, was identified as the main risk.