Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on March 5

                                
  PRAGUE, March 5 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 February foreign exchange reserves data at 0900 GMT.
                                
 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 CEE currencies............................[CEE/]
 
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 PRAGUE - NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen to
visit the Czech Republic, to meet Prime Minister Jan Fischer and
Foreign Affairs Minister Jan Kohout. News conferences at 0850
GMT, 1355 GMT and 1435 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DEF]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 INFLATION PREVIEW: Median 0.2 percent m/m in Feb vs 1.2
percent in Jan and 0.8 percent yr/yr vs 0.7 percent in Jan.
Fifteen analysts participated in the survey and the range on the
monthly data was 0.1-0.4 percent. The year-on-year forecasts
ranged from 0.6-1.1 percent.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6220BQ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
                                
 T-BILLS: Following are the results of Thursday's
auction of 52-week Czech Treasury bills <CZ040311T=>, compared
with the previous sale of bills with the same maturity.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA004977] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Emerging European currencies fell in early
trade on Thursday, giving up some of the previous day's gains,
when the Polish zloty was boosted by hawkish comments from the
central bank governor.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE62308Y] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>   1147      1147    -0,18       2,66
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,758    25,743    -0,06      2,13
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    18,964     18,961   -0,02       -3,19
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10444,14  10396,76  0,46      0,15
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 AIRLINES: Irish airline Ryanair <RYA.I> said Czech
state-owned debt-saddled airline CSA was very likely to collapse
after it used nearly its entire fleet as a collateral for a
loan. Ryanair offered the Prague Airport to replace CSA, it said
it would base six planes there and expand its number of Prague
routes to 33 from four. But it said the airport must cut its
fees. The airport said it planned no discount for the Irish
carrier.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 1, Hospodarske Noviny, page 18

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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