PRAGUE, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Thursday.
ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)
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Preliminary August industrial output data.
Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for September due out at
0730 GMT.
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PRAGUE - The lower house of parliament to hold a session.
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PRAGUE - End-September budget balance data and a detailed
calendar for the issuance of domestic state bonds in November of
2009.
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PRAGUE - Czech central bank governing board to hold a
regular weekly meeting. It is not scheduled to discuss monetary
policy issues.
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PRAGUE - 52-week T-bill auction.
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AIRLINE SALE: The lone bidder for loss-making Czech Airlines
offered 1 billion crowns ($58.3 million) for the state carrier
on Wednesday, but attached strings that may make the deal
unacceptable for the government.
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CEE MARKETS: The Polish zloty rebounded from early lows on
Wednesday, helped by rising stocks, but remained under pressure
from concerns over mounting debt, and dovish central bank
comments after it left rates unchanged.
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CZECH BONDS: Demand reached more than twice the offer at the
Czech Finance Ministry's first ever offering of local bonds
denominated in euros, giving the state a new debt tool as bond
issuance is expected to stay heavy next year.
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CEE SUMMIT: Hungarian and Polish local debt offers investors
potential gains, a fixed income fund manager with
emerging-markets specialist Rexiter said on Wednesday.
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POWER EXAMPLE: The merger of the Czech and Slovak
electricity markets shows other central and eastern European
countries that integration can work and could spur more to do
the same.
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==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
LENDING: The Czech central bank said it would not be a
surprise if the amount of bad coporate loans rose to above 10
percent next year.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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