Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Nov 4

                                
 PRAGUE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)
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 Real-time economic data releases....................<ECONCZ>
                                
 Previous stories on Czech data.............[CZ-RTRS-LEN-ECI]
                                
 Overview of economic data and forecasts..........<CZ/ECON15>
                                
 Updates on Czech currency.............................[CZK/]
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 PRAGUE - Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek to meet his
Finnish counterpart Matti Vanhanen. News conference at 1105 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
 ========================= TOP NEWS ============================
                                
 CURRENCIES SLIP: Central European currencies slipped against
the euro on Monday, giving up some gains from last week in a
calmer market, but with investors still edgy about the global
financial crisis' impact on regional economies.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3554182] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CPI SEEN DOWN: Czech consumer inflation probably edged down
in October on falling food and commodity prices, starting a
disinflation trend expected to prevail for months and lead to
lower interest rates, a Reuters poll showed.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3691707] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]

                                
 CEZ DID N0T BID IN ENEA IPO: Czech power firm CEZ
<CEZPsp.PR> did not take part in an initial public offering by
Polish energy firm ENEA, CEZ Chief Executive Martin Roman said.
                                
Story: [ID:nL360655] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ELG]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH JAN-OCT BUDGET IN SURPLUS: The Czech central state
budget showed a 10.94 billion crown ($580.7 million) surplus for
January-October, versus a 27.20 billion crown surplus a year
ago, data showed.
                                
  Story: [ID:nL346555] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 SHORT TERM INTERBANK LENDING UP: Czech short-term interbank
lending rose while longer-term transactions nearly dried up as
the  global financial crisis affected the Czech market, a
semi-annual central bank survey showed. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3323280] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MMT]
                                
 
                                
 NO LISBON WITHOUT MISSILE BASE: The Czech parliament will
not ratify the EU's Lisbon treaty unless it also agrees to host
a U.S. missile defence base, Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek said
in a magazine interview published on Monday. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3636765] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 GRIM OUTLOOK FOR MANUFACTURING: The recession in Western
economies pushed business sentiment to all-time lows last month
in central Europe, a region where growth has slammed on the
brakes as demand for its exports dries up.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3590223] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 0,000.0  0,901.3   +0.00       -100.00
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  24.230   24.180   -0.21         +9.37
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  19.159   19.024   -0.70         -5.16
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  09,320   09,325   -0.06        -29.74
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

====================== PRESS DIGEST ===========================
                                
  CZECHS WITHDRAW CASH: Assets in mutual funds fell for the
first nine months by 31 billion crowns ($1.65 billion) to 284
billion crowns, Association for the Capital Markets data showed.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 DEPOSIT GUARANTEES: The lower house of the parliament will
meet on Nov. 11 to vote on an amendment that raises state
guarantee for client deposits to 50,000 euros.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
                                
 
                                
 CZECH PROPERTY: The government approved a bill on Monday
that makes it possible for foreigners to buy Czech property. It
should come into force in May next year.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
 ENERGY: An independent energy commission's final report,
aimed to analyse the country's future energy needs, does not
deal with the possibility of lifting ecological mining limits,
critics say.
                                
 E15, page 3
                                
 
                                
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