Czech c.bank repeats CPI fcast risks seen balanced

...inflation projections were balanced, minutes to the meeting showed on Friday.

The text largely re-iterated statements by Governor Zdenek Tuma at a news conference on the day of the meeting, where all seven policymakers voted to hold the key policy rate at 2.50 percent for the fifth month running.

Data released on Thursday showed February inflation was 1.5 percent, below the 2 percent bottom of the tolerance band of the CNB's target with 3 percent mid-point, have helped cement investors' outlook for a delay in policy tightening until at least the summer.