Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 8

                                
  PRAGUE, Feb 8 (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 + 1 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 December foreign trade data at 0800 GMT.
                                
 January unemployment data at 0800 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/]
                                
 
=========================EVENTS===============================
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session, should
continue debate on the country's euro convergence programme
(www.vlada.cz/en/default.htm). News conference due at 1330 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 ELECTION: Czech President Vaclav Klaus called a
parliamentary election for May 28-29 on Friday, the last
possible date in the EU member's four-year term.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6140VG] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS:  Warsaw stocks recorded their sharpest fall in
five months on Friday, and the zloty weakened with escalating
worries about debt in the euro zone periphery hanging over
emerging Europe.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLES530755] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 TRADE IDEA:  Komercni Banka recommended on Friday investors
bet on steepening of the interest rate swap curve between 2 and
10 years.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6141IT] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MMT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE BONDS: Domestic bond yields in central Europe have room
to drop more in the first half of 2010 as the Poles and Czechs
balance record borrowing with more foreign debt issues and
Hungarian and Romanian rates fall. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61110Q] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1094.3    -3.6        -2.06
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>  26.176    26.041    -0.52        0.54
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>  19.15     19.06     -0.47       -4.21
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10012.23  10002.18   0.1        -3.99
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 TAX PLAN: The two leading political parties agree with
interim Finance Minister Eduard Janota's proposal to keep
temporary tax increases in place for the 2011 budget.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 ORCO PLAN: Orco Property Group will submit a restructuring
plan to a Paris court this week aiming to come out of creditor
protection, an independent board member said.
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
 For Instant Views of key economic data click on    [CZ/INSTANT]
 For summary of economic data and forecasts          <CZ/ECON01>
 For diary of forthcoming Czech events                [CZ/DIARY]
 For calendar of east European economic indicators  [CONV/DIARY]
 TOP NEWS -- Emerging markets                         [TOP/EMRG]
 TOP NEWS -- Convergence watch                        [TOP/EAST]

 For an economic indicator diary for the euro zone, the United
 States and other Group of Seven countries see         <G7TODAY>

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 Warsaw WIG20 <.WIG20>  Budapest BUX <.BUX>  Prague PX <.PX>

                                
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