Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Dec 14

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 ======================== ECONOMIC DATA ======================== 
    November producer prices are due out at 0800. Analysts 
polled by Reuters forecast a 0.4 percent increase in the price 
index (PPI) month-on-month and a quickening in the annual rate 
to 5 percent from 4.4 percent in October. 
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    ARMY CONTRACT: The Czech Defence Ministry and defence 
contractor General Dynamics Corp  have agreed to enter 
negotiations over a scrapped $1.3 billion contract to buy 
armoured personnel carriers for the Czech army. 
    Story: [nL13485525] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GD.N] 
 
 =========================== EVENTS ============================ 
    C.BANK SUPERVISION: The Czech National Bank (CNB) organises 
a seminar for journalists on financial market supervision with 
Vice-Governor Miroslav Singer (0900 GMT). He is expected to 
avoid giving any comments on monetary policy because 
policymakers are already in a one-week blackout period before a 
rate-setting meeting on Dec. 19. 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN-PLCY] 
     
    GOVERNMENT DEBT: The Finance Ministry is expected to detail 
Q3 government debt figures. No release time has been set. 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD] 
     
    MISSILE SHIELD: U.S. acting undersecretary of state for arms 
control and international security John Rood and Czech Deputy 
Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar hold a news conference on U.S. 
missile defence shield at 1600. 
    Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-US-DIP] 
 
 ==================== ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS ==================== 
    C.BANK BOARD TO BE COMPLETE FOR RATE MEETING: All Czech 
central bank (CNB) policymakers will attend the monthly 
interest-rate setting meeting on Dec. 19.Investors are unsure 
whether the CNB will raise borrowing costs again after hiking 
its main policy rate by 25 basis points to a 5-1/2-year high of 
3.50 percent last month in the fourth such move this year. 
    Story: [nL13464440] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN] 
 
 
 
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 (Compiled by Marek Petrus) 
  
  Keywords: CZECH FACTORS/ 
    

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