Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 14

                                
 PRAGUE, April 14 (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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 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/]
                                
 
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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.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Conference "The Future of the Pension Reform". 
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
============================TOP NEWS===========================
                                
 PRESIDENT CALLS TALKS ON GOVT FATE: Czech President Vaclav
Klaus called leaders of the ruling coalition for "crucial" talks
on Thursday to discuss the future of the centre-right
government.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73C29Q] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
                                
 TOMSIK NOT YET DECIDED ON RATE VOTE: The Czech economy is
facing divergent domestic and foreign inflation factors, central
bank Vice Governor Vladimir Tomsik said on Wednesday, adding he
had not yet decided how to vote on rates at the bank's May
meeting.                                                  
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73C1HO] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-INT]
                                
 
                                
 C/A IN BIG SURPLUS: The Czech current account showed a 15.95
billion crown ($944.9 million) surplus in February, a turnaround
from a 0.31 billion crown gap in January, the central bank said
on Wednesday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73B1FN] Related news: [RTRS-CZ-LEN-STX]
                                
 
                                
 HEAVY DEMAND FOR CZECH FLOATER: Investors bid heavily for a
new Czech variable-rate bond maturing in 2023 on Wednesday, with
the paper's floating rate attracting buyers ahead of expected
monetary policy tightening.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73C12Y] Related news: [RTRS-CZ-LEN-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 FED CUP: Czech Republic's Lucie Hradecka will replace the
injured Lucie Safarova for their Fed Cup semi-final against
Belgium this weekend.
                                
 Story: [ID:nnLDE73C19L] Related news: [RTRS-CZ-LEN-TENN]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: Hungarian government bonds fell after data
showing a jump in the country's inflation rate, while global
risk aversion knocked currencies and other assets in emerging
markets including Central Europe lower.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73B0A2] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 CEE POWER: Czech day ahead traded near three-and-a-half
month highs on Wednesday, driven higher by cold weather, lower
wind production in the region and demand from Germany, traders
said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLDE73C1QU] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DRV]
                                
 
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency    Latest     Prev   Pct change Pct change
                                
                                 close    on day     in 2011
 vs Euro    <EURCZK=>     24.333     24.342    0.04       2.67
 vs Dollar     <CZK=>     16.778     16.788    0.06      10.12
 Czech Equities <.PX>  1,249.6    1,249.6      1.01       2.02
 U.S. Equities <.DJI> 12,270.99  12,263.58     0.06       5.99
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500 GMT
 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 COALITION TALKS: Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, who is
the coalition party TOP 09 vice chairman, said party leaders
came close to an agreement "with some changes and some safety
mechanisms" that would enable to hold together the three-party
coalition government with a comfortable majority in the
parliament. 
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
                                
 
                                
 ECM REPORTS LOSS: Developer ECM <ECMPsp.PR> reported a 2010
net loss of 94.5 million euros compared with 62.3 million euro
loss in 2009. Revenue fell to 4 million euros from 13.8 million
in 2009. The developer is trying to persuade its bond holders
that restructuring is a better solution than bankruptcy.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 18
                                
 
                                
 FINMIN AGAINST HIGHER TAX ON DIESEL: Finance Minister
Miroslav Kalousek said he would hold talks on the EU level
against the European Commission plan to impose a higher excise
tax on diesel to unify the petrol and diesel tax in individual
countries.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 13
                                
 
                                
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