Slovakia - Factors To Watch on Nov 11

                                
 BRATISLAVA, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial
markets on Tuesday.
                                
 
                                
 FOREIGN TRADE DATA
                                
 The Statistics Office will publish foreign trade data for
September, 0700 GMT. The market had expected a trade surplus 3.8
billion crowns in September.
                                
 
                                
 REPO TENDER
                                
 The central bank will hold its regular two-week repo tender
to drain liquidity from the market.
                                
 
                                
 SLOVAKIA SELLS SKK 271 MLN OF 336-DAY T-BILLS
                                
 Slovakia sold 271 million crowns ($11.43 million) of 336-day
treasury bills in an auction on Monday, the finance ministry's
Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) said.
                                
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 SEPT REAL AVERAGE IND WAGE +4.0 PCT Y/Y
                                
 The real average industrial wage in Slovakia rose by 4.0
percent year-on-year in September, compared with a 0.7 percent
increase in August, the Slovak Statistics Office said on Monday.
                                
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 PRESS DIGEST
                                
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 CHEAPER FUELS
                                
 Prices of petrol fuels are expected to fall by 0.7 crowns
($0.029) per litre and diesel fuels by 0.3 crowns per litre.
                                
 Sme, page 7
                                
 
                                
 STATE BUDGET
                                
 The opposition ethnic Hungarian SMK party has asked Prime
Minister Robert Fico to withdraw the 2009 state budget draft
from parliament and amend it to incorporate the impact of the
expected economic slowdown. SMK said current economic basis for
the budget were unrealistic.
                                
 Sme, page 2
                                
 
                                
 CAR SECTOR JOBS
                                
 Kia Motors Slovakia <000270.KS> and Volkswagen Slovakia
<VOWG.DE> have rejected information on negotiations about a
workers swap. Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said the two
factories were holding talks on moving workers who are expected
to loose jobs at the Volkswagen plant to the Kia factory.
                                
 Sme, page 8
                                
 
                                
 FALLING PROPERTY PRICES
                                
 Prices of apartments fell by up to 15 percent and are
expected to decline further due to the effects of the global
financial turmoil and the upcoming euro adoption as Slovaks have
already made property investment they had planned, the real
estate association said.
                                
 Pravda, page 18
                                
 
                                
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