PRAGUE, Jan 16 (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 + 1 hour)
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PRAGUE - Informal Meeting of Ministers for Justice and Home
Affairs. News conference 1200 GMT.
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PESSIMISTIC ECON OUTLOOK: The Czech central bank's
pessimistic scenario for economic growth is more probable now,
Vice-Governor Mojmir Hampl said on Friday.
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GAS DISPUTE: The Russian and Ukrainian prime ministers will
meet in Moscow on Saturday to try to resolve a gas row that has
cut back supplies to a freezing Europe.
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CEE FX WEAKEN: Central Europe's currencies weakened on
Thursday in the wake of a softer euro after the ECB cut interest
rates, while dealers attributed a firmer Romanian leu to fresh
central bank intervention.
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WEAK CROWN SET FOR REBOUND: The Czech crown is expected to
remain near 14 month lows in until second quarter as the worst
of the economic crisis hits but should return to a firming trend
in the second half, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
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CURRENT ACCOUNT IN LINE: The Czech current account posted a
deficit of 8.72 billion crowns ($420.4 million) in November,
just below a market forecast of a 9.05 billion crown gap, data
showed on Thursday.
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PPI FALLS: Czech industrial producer prices fell 1.5 percent
in December from November, and showed an annual decline of 0.2
percent from November's 1.2 percent growth.
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CEE INFLATION DROPS WITH GROWTH: Inflation fell faster than
expected across central and eastern Europe in December and price
pressures are expected to ease further as economies slow,
widening the scope for interest rate cuts.
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ARCHITECT JAN KAPLICKY: Jan Kaplicky, the Czech-born
architect who died late on Wednesday, had won praise abroad for
his organic, flowing building designs, but rowed with Czech
politicians over his latest project.
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---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
Index/Crown Currency Latest Prev Pct change Pct change
close on day in 2009
vs Euro <EURCZK=> 27.055 27.055 +0.00 -2.05
vs Dollar <CZK=> 20.410 20.409 +0.00 -10.97
U.S. Equities <> 08,212 08,200 +0.15 -38.09
Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500
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STAGNATION: Czech economic growth near stagnation cannot be
ruled out, central banker Eva Zamrazilova said.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 1
TPCA: Toyota-Peugeot venture TPCA <7203.T> <PEUP.PA> will
not increase production to 340,000 cars this year as planned; it
will target flat production of 324,000 units.
Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
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