Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Aug 16

                                
 PRAGUE, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 July producer prices and June foreign trade prices data at
0700 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/]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS===============================
                                
 REGIONAL GDP WRAPUP: Countries in the EU's eastern wing grew
faster than expected in the second quarter, clawing further out
of deep contractions last year and raising the prospect of
slightly higher full year growth. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE67C09Y]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 EURO DRAGS CEE FX LOWER: East European currencies turned
south late on Friday as market euphoria over Germany's record
second-quarter GDP growth gave way to concerns over whether
emerging economies could capitalise on that growth.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE67C077] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH GDP JUST ABOVE FCAST: The Czech economy rose 0.8
percent over the previous three months in the second quarter,
just above analysts' forecast of a 0.7 percent rise, data showed
on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE67B0SR]  Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 GERMAN RECOVERY KEY IN CZECH C.BANK DEBATE: The pace of
Germany's economic recovery might help prop up Czech exports to
grow faster than assumed in the central bank latest forecast,
minutes from the central bank session showed on Friday.
                                
Story: [ID:nLDE67C0JT] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
                                
 C.BANK CUTS 2010 DEFICIT FCAST: The Czech central bank cut
its estimates for the 2010 public sector deficit on Friday to
5.4 percent of GDP from 5.5 percent and raised slightly its 2011
forecast to 6.0 percent from 5.9 percent.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA005190] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
                                                        
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech power futures rose on Friday as carbon
firmed and Europe's biggest economy, Germany, reported
better-than-expected growth figures for the second quarter.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE67C1CT] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
=========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 TREASURE BOND PLAN: Analysts said the government picked the
right strategy when it left majority of borrowing for the second
half of the year as yields went sharply down, with the 9-year
benchmark bond yield at a historical low of 3.4 percent. But
they warn the risk that yields will rise sharply is still there.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 24
                                
 
                                
 SKODA RESUMED PRODUCTION: Car maker Skoda Auto <VOWG.DE>
resumed production on Sunday night after an outage started on
Thursday. The halt in production was caused by a disruption of
deliveries from one of Skoda's key supplier whose factory in the
north of the country was hit by floods.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 20
                                
 
                                
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