Passage: Growth continued in the first years of the EU membership. The credit portion of the Financial crisis of 2007-2010 did not affect the Czech Republic much, mostly due to its stable banking sector which has learned its lessons during a smaller crisis in the late 1990s and became much more cautious. As a fraction of the GDP, the Czech public debt is among the smallest ones in Central and Eastern Europe. Moreover, unlike many other post-communist countries, an overwhelming majority of the household debt - over 99% - is denominated in the local Czech currency. That's why the country wasn't affected by the shrunken money supply in the U.S. dollars. However, as a large exporter, the economy was sensitive to the decrease of the demand in Germany and other trading partners. In the middle of 2009, the annual drop of the GDP for 2009 was estimated around 3% or 4.3%, a relatively modest decrease. The impact of the economic crisis may have been limited by the existence of the national currency that temporarily weakened in H1 of 2009, simplifying the life of the exporters.
Did the GDP drop or rise? How many financial crises had the Czech Republic faced since 1990? How many percentage points difference is there between the minimum and maximum amount of decrease in the GDP? How many years did the Financial crisis last? How many years did the financial crisis last? What is one of the Czech Republic's trading partners? When was the crisis? Which currency do the Czech Republic use for household debt? Which had a smaller effect on the Chech Republic, the credit portion of the crisis of exporting?