Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 9

                                
  PRAGUE, Feb 9 (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 hour)

=========================ECONOMIC DATA=========================
                                
 January inflation 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 lower house of parliament to hold an
extraordinary session (1000 GMT).
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
=========================TOP NEWS=============================
                                
 CZECH EURO: The Czech Republic's caretaker cabinet approved
a plan on Monday to cut the public sector deficit in the coming
years so the country can adopt the euro by 2016 or 2017. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6172G9] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 EURO GOALS: Poland and the Czech Republic eased away from
any notion of quick euro adoption on Monday, approving
convergence plans that looked set to delay euro zone membership
until the second half of next decade. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6172G3] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Central European currencies posted mild losses
on Monday on concerns over debt in some euro zone states, while
fiscal concerns lingered around Hungary ahead of elections to be
held in April. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE6170HQ] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 TRADE SURPLUS: Czech foreign trade posted a 2.8 billion
crown ($146.4 million) surplus in December, smaller than analyst
forecasts in a Reuters poll, data showed on Monday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE61708T] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ECI]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>    --      1092.8    -0.14       -2.19
vs Euro    <EURCZK=>   26.146    26.176     0.11        0.65
vs Dollar     <CZK=>   19.071    19.096     0.13       -3.78
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  9908.39   10012.23  -1.04       -4.98
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1600

=========================PRESS DIGEST===========================
                                
 LENDING: The volume of corporate lending dropped by around 7
percent last year, but was compensated by a rise in the retail
segment, said Ceska Sporitelna chief executive Gernot
Mittendorfer.
                                
 Lidove Noviny, page 15
                                
 
                                
 TAX: Leftist Social Democrats (CSSD) is looking at raising
the social security tax on the employee and empoyer sides by at
least 1-1.5 percent.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 Reuters has not verified the media reports, nor does it
vouch for their accuracy.
                                
    
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