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The prices on the rise, the interest rates, and the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic remained the most frequent of the various topics commented on by our experts for Czech media. Our colleagues from the IDEA think tank also focused on the financial support for students in higher education.

"How have banks survived the pandemics? And what are the trends in the banking industry?" In the Talking Economics Podcast,  Katarína Stehlíková asks Richard Podpiera, CERGE-EI's Ph.D. Alumnus and ČSOB's Executive Director.

CERGE-EI celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Angus Deaton, 2015 Nobel Prize Winner, and Paul Milgrom, 2020 Nobel Prize Winner, wish CERGE-EI another successful 30 years. 

Ketevani Kapanadze won first place in the Young Economist 2021 competition. Bohdana Kurylo came in second, Sergei Mikhalishchev and Mariia Kosar came in third. Jan Žemlička received the Karel Engliš Prize for the best policy paper. The Czech Economic Society awards these prizes.

We are proud to announce the recipient of the Alumni Excellence Fellowship for 2021/2022: Jiří Grosman. Thanks to CERGE-EI’s Alumni and the Board of Nadace CERGE-EI for sponsoring this award and for their support. Our alumni fundraising call has raised three Alumni Excellence Fellowships since its establishment in 2019.