PRAGUE, Aug 20 (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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NO TIGHTER POLICY YET: Macroeconomic conditions in the Czech
Republic and around the world do not allow a discussion yet on
tightening monetary policy, Czech central banker Pavel Rezabek
said in remarks published on Thursday.
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BUDGET DEBATE: The leading Czech leftist party
on Wednesday agreed in principle to rein in a soaring budget gap
after October elections, as the finance minister warned the
country could otherwise go the way of crisis-stricken Hungary.
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CSA SALE: The Czech Republic said on Wednesday it would
continue with the sale of state-owned Czech Airlines (CSA) with
only a single bidder after Air France-KLM <AIRF.PA> withdrew
from the process.
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NWR RESULTS: Mining group New World Resources (NWR)
<NWRSsp.PR> <NWRS.L> swung to a bigger than expected loss in the
second quarter of 2009 and halted its first-half dividend
payment to keep cash as it pulls out of the worst of the
economic crisis.
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BOND SALE: The Czech Finance Ministry sold more 3-year
floating rate bonds than planned on Wednesday as demand jumped,
mainly driven by local investors.
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CEE MARKETS: Prospects for monetary easing strengthened
Hungarian bonds and weakened the forint more than its peers on
Wednesday, while Polish bond yields and the zloty briefly fell
after poor industrial data.
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POLLS: The leftist Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) have edged
above the main rightist Civic Democrats (ODS) in popularity,
less than two months before an early election, a survey showed
on Wednesday.
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GRID CONSTRAINTS: Funding constraints could limit the number
of projects needed to improve the Czech power grid to cope with
a surge of new generation expected by 2020, an official at the
transmission operator said on Wednesday.
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CSA SALE: Finance Minister Eduard Janota said he asked Czech
Airlines (CSA) officials to prepare a variant for if the state
privatisation did not go through. Air France-KLM pulled out of
the bidding on Wednesday, leaving a single bidder left.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 3
BUILDING: Construction on new dwellings fell 21 percent in
the second quarter to 9,736 flats.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 15
HYUNDAI SHIFTS: Hyundai Motor Co <005380.KS> will add a
second shift to its Czech production facility starting Sept. 7
Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
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