Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Dec 8

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 
                                
 INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish October industrial output
data, 0800 GMT. Analysts forecast 4.7 percent annual growth in
October.
                                
 
                                
 CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish October construction
output data, 0800 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 NO-CONFIDENCE VOTE
                                
 Construction and Regional Development Minister Marian
Janusek, a member of The Slovak National Party (SNS), will face
a no-confidence vote initiated by the opposition, 1500 GMT.
                                
 
                                
 CBANK CUTS GDP FORECASTS ON CRISIS IMPACT
                                
 The Slovak central bank said on Friday it had cut its
economic growth forecast for 2009 as the country will be hit by
the global financial crisis in the first year of its euro zone
membership.
                                
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 C.BANK FOREX RESERVES DROP TO $16.9 BLN
                                
 The Slovak central bank's (NBS) foreign currency reserves
declined to $16.898 billion as of Dec. 3, from $17.003 billion
on Nov. 26, the bank said on Friday.
                                
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 FORECASTS FOR SLOVAK ECONOMIC DATA DUE IN DEC
                                
 The following table shows the results of a Reuters survey
of analysts' forecasts of Slovak economic data due out this
month.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 RULING COALITION TENSIONS
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said he expected tensions within
the three-party ruling coalition to intensify in the coming
months. Fico added he would not hesitate to act to fix political
errors of ministers, despite disapproval by his ruling partners.
                                
 Sme, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FICO: CRISIS CAUSED BY WEALTH CLAIM
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said the global financial crisis
has been designed and managed to redistribute global wealth, but
he did not say who masterminded the crisis.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 RAILWAY STRIKE ALERT
                                
 Employees of the state-run Slovak Railways have called a
strike alert to push the government to agree to measures
proposed by its trade unions to protect the company from the
impact of financial crisis.
                                
 Pravda, page 8
                                
 
                                
 VOLKSWAGEN HOLIDAY 
                                
 Employees of Volkswagen Slovakia, a unit of Germany's
Volkswagen <VOWG.DE>, manufacturing the Skoda Octavia model are
expected to stay on holiday until Jan. 12, due to production
cuts, sources said. The company declined to confirm.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 FICO UNHAPPY WITH LENDING
                                
 Prime Minister Robert Fico said was not satisfied with too
tight stance of banks towards providing commercial loans. Fico
did not say whether the government will take any measures to
promote lending.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 2
                                
 
                                
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