Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on April 22

                                
 PRAGUE, April 22 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Wednesday:
                                
 ALL TIMES GMT (Czech Republic: GMT + 2 hour)

======================== ECONOMIC DATA ========================
                                
 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 - 10-year government bond auction <CZ1002471=>.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Meeting of the National Lisbon coordinators. The
morning session to be intended for National Lisbon Coordinators
with European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. The
afternoon session to be dedicated for National Lisbon
Coordinators with stakeholders for the Lisbon Strategy for
Growth & Jobs with Czech Deputy Prime Minister for European
Affairs Alexandr Vondra and European Commission Vice-President
and Commissioner for Enterprise and Industry Gunter Verheugen.
News conference at 1010 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIP]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - Czech Confederation of Industry chief Jaroslav Mil
to hold a news conference at 1230 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-MCE]
 
=============================NEWS===============================
                                
 ICE HOCKEY-HASEK: Former National Hockey League star goalie
Dominik Hasek will come back from retirement to play for his
original Czech club Pardubice, the player said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL308108] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-ICEH]
                                
 
                                
 CZECH RATES NEAR BOTTOM: Slowing inflation in the Czech
Republic leaves space to cut interest rates but the bottom is
not far, and policymakers expect the sliding economy could
stabilise soon and show at least anaemic growth next year.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL716477] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-PLCY]
                                
 
                                
 CBANKER REZABEK: Czech interest rates may go lower than they
stand because there are no inflation pressures in a one-year
horizon, dovish central bank board member Pavel Rezabek said
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL18627] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CEN]
                                
 
                                
 DIVIDENDS: Profit repatriation by foreign owners of Czech
companies has slowed the crown's appreciation in recent years
and this year it could compound the weakening of the currency,
already under pressure from slipping capital flows to central
Europe in the global downturn.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLM490534] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIV]
                                
 
                                
 RWE: German power firm RWE's <RWEG.DE> Czech unit RWE
Transgas has paid a 10.04 billion crown ($476.3 million)
dividend at the end of March, its chief financial officer said.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL654320] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DIV]
                                
 
                                
 EUROBOND: The Czech Finance Ministry has begun to consider
tapping international markets with a eurobond again after credit
spreads dropped, Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek said 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL118136] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-DBT]
                                
 
                                
 FX MIXED: Central European currencies were mixed late on
Tuesday, regaining ground after German economic sentiment
improved and the dollar retreated against the euro. 
                                
 Story: [ID:nLL585328] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
 ---------------------- MARKET SNAPSHOT ------------------------
 Index/Crown Currency  Latest    Prev    Pct change   Pct change
                                
                              close   on day       in 2008
 Czech Equities  <.PX> 0,000.0  0,811.6   +0.00           n/a.
 vs Euro     <EURCZK=>  26.833   27.200   +1.37         -1.24
 vs Dollar      <CZK=>  20.749   21.007   +1.21        -12.45
 U.S. Equities  <.DJI>  07,970   07,842   +1.63        -39.92
 Pvs close or current levels vs prior domestic close at 1500

 ==========================PRESS DIGEST=========================
                                
 ECONOMY: Czechs should be glad if the economy drops by 3
percent this year as a bigger than a 20 percent decline in
industrial output in past months cannot result in a better
performance, former Czech central bank Deputy Governor Ludek
Niedermayer said.
                                
 Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B2

                                
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vouch for their accuracy.
                                
 
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  (Compiled by Jana Mlcochova)