Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Jan 25

                                
 PRAGUE, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 1 hours)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 January confidence indicators 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 - Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg to meet
his Macedonian counterpart Antonio Molososki. News conference at
1300 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
=============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
  C.BANKER SEES PRICE PRESSURES: There are small
pro-inflationary deviations in the economic development from the
Czech central bank's predictions, Governor Miroslav Singer said
in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG004650] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-LEN]
                                
 
                                
 COMMERCIAL NEWS: Czech commercial all-news channel Z1,
backed by Czech-Slovak investment group J&T, will stop
broadcasting this week due to a lack of profitability, it said
on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70N0MS] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BCST]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The forint slipped half a percent and bond
yields dipped on Monday after the Hungarian central bank raised
interest rates for the third month in a row, but left questions
as to whether tightening was at a peak.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70N0F2] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech day-ahead power was stable on Monday as
forecasts for higher wind generation in the region offset an
expected increase in demand due to colder temperatures, traders
said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE70K1H5] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2011
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     24.158     24.298    0.58       3.37
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     17.668     17.916    1.38       5.36
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,255.9    1,255.9     -0.97       2.54
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 11,980.52  11,871.84     0.92       3.48
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 PENSION REFORM: Public Affairs, the smallest party in the
ruling coalition, is against cutting the social tax as part of
the planned pension reform, as proposed by the two other
coalition partners.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 16
                                
 
                                
 POST SERVICE JOB CUTS: The state-owned Ceska Posta plans to
cut 1,500-1,700 of its 34,374 workers this year.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 
                                
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vouch for their accuracy.

                                
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