Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 20

                                
 PRAGUE, April 20 (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 hour)

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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 CEE currencies.............................[CEE/]
============================EVENTS==============================
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a regular session, may
debate privatisation of Czech Airlines (CSA). News conference
due at 1100 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                

                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Kazakh counterpart Marat Tazhin. Press foyer at 1245 GMT.
                                
Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
=============================NEWS===============================
                                
 
                                
 CEE FX AND BONDS: Hungarian plans to restart debt auctions
pushed the country's bond prices lower on Friday, while the
forint trailed emerging European peers as the Polish zloty
outperformed.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLH99176] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 TRADE IDEA: Societe Generale recommended on Friday buying
currencies in countries eligible for the IMF's flexible credit
line (FCL), advising a long Polish zloty position against the
Hungarian forint or Romanian leu.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLH379997] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 IMF: The Czech central bank sees no reason to seek the type
of precautionary International Monetary Fund facility Poland
wants, Governor Zdenek Tuma said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLH101024] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-IMF]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 0,000.0  0,845.3   +0.00           n/a
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.780   26.780   +0.00         -1.05
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  20.599   20.468   -0.71        -11.86
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  08,131   08,125   +0.07        -38.70
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 BUDGET DEFICIT: The Czech central state budget deficit can
be kept below 150 billion crowns ($7.36 billion) this year,
Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said. A deficit of the same
amount in 2010 would make a very tight budget.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
 ERSTE: Erste Bank <ERST.VI> <ERSTsp.PR> Czech unit Ceska
Sporitelna is well-capitalised, Erste CEO Andreas Treichl said.
The Austrian lender plans further expansion in the Czech
Republic.

                                
 ORCO: Orco minority shareholders plan to team up with a
strong investor to raise their stake in the loss-making
developer in a bid to boost their power at shareholder meetings
to have a say who is appointed to the management of the company.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
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