PRAGUE, Oct 1 (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 + 2 hours)
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August money supply data at 0800 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The central bank will release minutes of its Sept
23 meting at 0700 GMT
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PRAGUE - The PMI index is due at 0730 GMT. Further expansion
expected.
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PRAGUE - The statistical bureau will release notification of
state debt for 2009, statistic required by the European Union.
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BUDAPEST - Cash-strapped central European countries need to
better cooperate to attract massive investment needed to ensure
future security of supply, participants told a regional energy
conference.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2010
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 24.567 24.562 -0.02 6.65
vs Dollar <CZK=> 17.996 17.98 -0.09 2.07
Czech Equities <> 1,131.6 1,131.6 0.98 1.28
U.S. Equities <> 10,788.05 10,835.28 -0.44 3.45
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
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TAX HIKE: Prime Minister Petr Necas is considering a 6-7
percentage point hike in the lower rate of the value-added tax,
now 10 percent, to help pay for pension reform. Necas had
earlier said a VAT hike was a possibility, and he said on
Thursday there was no concrete plan.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
ENERGY PRICES: A government panel is looking for ways to
mitigate an expected hike in power prices that will come due to
generous support of solar energy.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
POWER PRICE HIKES: Electricity prices will rise by 12
percent for households and 17 percent for firms next year, the
energy regulator said.
Lidove Noviny, page 1
CONSUMER LOANS: Defaults on consumer loans grew rapidly last
year as unemployment rose.
E15, page 1
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