Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on June 18

                                
 PRAGUE, June 18 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Friday.
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hours)

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 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 President Vaclav Klaus to meet Civic
Democrats leader Petr Necas at 0730 GMT to discuss progress in
coalition talks.
                                
 Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-VOTE]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech central bank (CNB) Governor Zdenek Tuma to
hold a news conference on Financial Stability report at 0800
GMT.
                                
 Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-BNK]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Chemicals group Unipetrol <UNPEsp.PR>, a unit of
Poland's PKN Orlen <PKNA.WA> to hold an annual shareholders'
meeting.
                                
 Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PROD]
                                
 
 ==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 REUTERS POLL ON RATES: All analysts expect the bank to leave
rates unchanged at record low 0.75 percent. Seventeen analyst
groups participated in the survey. All said the next move would
be a 25 bps hike. Five expect the rise in the rest of 2010, nine
see it some time in 2011.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE65G0SN] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 Table: [ID:nLDE65F24V]
                                
 
                                
 ALL CBANKERS TO VOTE ON RATES:  All seven Czech central
bankers will attend the June 23 governing board meeting on
rates, the bank said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRA005114] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 PARTIES PLAN LAW ON BUDGET DISCIPLINE: Czech parties
building a new coalition government agreed on Thursday to
propose a constitutional law that would guard budget discipline,
they said on Thursday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE65G127] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 HUNGARY DEBT SALE LIFTS FORINT: The forint jumped on
Thursday after Hungary sold all bonds planned at auction, while
Romania placed less than half its plan at the first debt sale
since the government survived a no-confidence vote.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE65G0JF] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH POWER FUTURES RISE: Czech power futures gained on
Thursday with the Cal '11 contract nudging up along with carbon
and gas while spot prices dipped in light trading, traders said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE65G1HQ] Related news [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2010
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1158,1    1158,1   -0,28       3,65
vs Euro   <EURCZK=>    25,69     25,75     0,23      2,39
vs Dollar    <CZK=>    20,7      20,845    0,7       -12,64
 U.S. Equities <.DJI>  10434,17  10409,46  0,24      0,06
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT

==========================PRESS DIGEST==========================
                                
 SKODA SALES UP: Volkswagen's Skoda Auto <VOWG.DE> car sales
rose 16.6 percent year on year on the first five months of the
year to 307,427 cars.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
 
                                
 BANK STRESS TESTS: Czech central bank Vice Governor Miroslav
Singer said he saw no reason to release details of bank stress
tests by countries whose banks have no problems. He also said
releasing the result would mean changing the bank secrecy law.
He said he doubted this can be done by July when the EU plans to
release the results.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
   
                                
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