Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 4

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 4 (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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 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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 ELECTION DELAY: Politicians seek ways to secure a quick
election after a court decision threw in doubt the planned Oct
9-10 date. The main right-wing party, the Civic Democrats, hold
a news conference on their plan to set the polls for early
November (0900 GMT).
                                
 
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 ELECTION CHAOS: Czechs will likely hold a parliamentary
election in early November after the Constitutional Court threw
into doubt the Oct. 9-10 poll, Prime Minister Jan Fischer said
on Thursday. Politicians still need to agree on an exact path to
the polls and the date.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3558874] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty led gains in central Europe as
markets got back to firmer ground on Thursday on the back of a
stronger euro and emerging equity markets, while the Czech crown
shook off political worries.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3354646] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 BUDGET CONCERNS: A possible delay in the Czechs' planned
October election would raise the risk that the country would
have to start 2010 with a provisional budget, Prime Minister Jan
Fischer said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3255124] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 BUT CZECHS SEEN AVOIDING DEEP BUDGET CRISIS: A
constitutional crisis in the Czech Republic may delay efforts to
control a ballooning state budget deficit, but it also
illustrates how confident investors have become in the country's
economic policy-making. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nL2648762] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
                                
 
                                
 WAGES: The average Czech real monthly wage rose by 1.4
percent year-on-year from April to June, accelerating from the
previous quarter, data showed on Thursday.    
                                
 Story: [ID:nL3280301] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]

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 GRAIN PRICES DROP: Wheat prices have dropped by more than 50
percent from a year ago to 2,700 crowns ($149.8) per tonne, and
other grain prices also fell. The government has pledged to
start unlimited intervention purchases at 2,600 crowns as of
November. Farmers expect the state will have to buy at least
million tonnes of grains.
 Mlada fronta Dnes, page A8
                                
  
                                
 FILED ENERGY FIRM: Failed energy trading firm Moravia Energo
left debts worth 4.6 billion crowns.
                                
 E15, page 13.
                                
 
                                
 RAILWAYS PLAN BIG TENDERS: The state-owned Czech Railways
will start tenders next year to buy new trains worth up to eight
billion crowns per year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 MORE RETAIL INVESTORS ON PRAGUE BOURSE: More than 10,000
czechs started trading on the Prague Stock Exchange through
brokers in the first half, raising the overall number of small
investors to 80,000.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 SLOW RECOVERY IN HIGHWAY TOLLS: Highway toll paid by trucks
dropped 1.6 percent year-on-year in August, better result than
the 3.6 percent drop seen in the first eight months of the year.
                                
 Hosporadrske Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
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