PRAGUE, Sept 9 (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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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 - Penta Investments to hold a news conference on
rebranding and its plans (0800 GMT).
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PRAGUE - 39-week T-bill auction.
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LONDON - ECM Real Estate Investments <> to hold
meeting of the bondholders of the company at 0900 GMT.
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DEMAND FOR CZECH DEBT REMAINS STRONG: The Czech Finance
Ministry sold 5.95 billion crowns ($306.7 million) in three-year
bonds on Wednesday, paying lower yields on strong demand after
wrapping up its 2010 borrowing needs this week.
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JANACEK SOFTENS HAWKISH STANCE: Czech interest rates are set
appropriately at this moment and there is no a need to tighten
policy now, central banker Kamil Janacek was quoted as saying on
Wednesday, softening his earlier hawkish stance.
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CBANK SAYS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION SURPRISING: Czech second
quarter economic growth was higher than forecast due to a
"surprising" rise in domestic consumption, the central bank said
on Wednesday.
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CEE OUTPUT: Industrial output growth slowed in July in
Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, adding to concerns that an
expected slowdown in the euro zone could dent recovery in some
of the EU's export-reliant emerging economies.
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CZECHS UNHAPPY ABOUT BUDGET CUTS: Most Czechs see their new
centre-right government's planned budget cuts as too harsh, an
opinion poll showed on Wednesday, but the prime minister was
quoted as saying they must go ahead despite their unpopularity.
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Q2 GDP STRONGER THAN FLASH ESTIMATE: The Czech statistics
bureau raised its preliminary estimate for second quarter gross
domestic product growth by 0.1 percentage point to 0.9 percent
qauarter-on-quarter on Wednesday.
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CEE POWER: Czech day ahead power prices rose slightly on
Wednesday on lower wind generation in the region and cooler
weather forecast, traders said.
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CEE MARKETS: Hungarian bond yields rose 15-20 basis points
across the curve on Wednesday as global risk aversion
intensified and pressure grew on the government over budget
performance and a clash with the central bank.
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IPOs: Agriculture Minister Ivan Fuksa said it was possible
to consider floating a small stake in forestry company Lesy CR
as well as some 5-7 percent in brewery Budvar.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
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