FACTBOX-Central Europe c.banks meet on interest rates

...dates, market forecasts and decisions taken on interest rates at 
the meetings, and lists recent Reuters news reports related to monetary policy 
in the region. 
     
INTEREST RATES  
COUNTRY     DECISION DATE      DECISION        FORECAST         PVS RATE 
Hungary      Dec 17          no change        no change         7.50 pct 
Slovakia     Dec 18          no change        no change         4.25 pct  
Poland       Dec 19             n/a           no change         5.00 pct  
Czech Rep    Dec 19          no change        no change         3.50 pct  
Serbia       Dec 28             n/a             n/a             9.50 pct  
     
RECENT STORIES ON CENTRAL EUROPEAN ECONOMIES  
 CZECH REPUBLIC  
 Czech c.bank holds interest rates after Nov hike                 [nPRA001675] 
 
 SLOVAKIA  
 Slovak cbank holds rates, economy no risk to CPI              [ID:nL18417229] 
 
 HUNGARY  
 Hungary cbank holds rates, warns on inflation                 [ID:nL17094530] 
 HIGHLIGHTS-Hungary rate decision and press conference         [ID:nL17309292] 
     
 POLAND  
 Polish MPC could raise rates in Dec but won't                 [ID:nL19417792] 
 Polish c.bankers' comments ahead of rate meeting               [ID:nL1898243] 
 Polish rates seen flat in Dec, up in January                  [ID:nL10724514] 
 Strong zloty not reuslt of changed fundamentals               [ID:nL14357634] 
 Polish inflation jumps to 3.6 pct in Nov                      [ID.nL13893804] 
 Rise in Polish C/A gap no reason to worry - c.bank            [ID:nWAR006391] 
 Polish MPC should act to avoid CPI over 4 pct - c.banker      [ID:nL1156439] 
 Polish MPC to rein in CPI "within few quarters"               [ID:nL10571202] 
 Poland may need to up rates in 2008 - MPC member              [ID:nWAR006385] 
 
SERBIA  
 Serbian c.bank says policy change a matter of time            [ID:nL04713200] 
 Serb bank holds rates, hike seen by year-end                   [ID:nL1023173] 
 Serb Nov inflation rises to 8.8 pct yr/yr                     [ID:nL30522032] 
  (Reporting by Jan Lopatka; editing by David Stamp) 
  
  Keywords: EAST RATES/  
    

[Reuters/Finance.cz]