Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Sept 21

                                
 PRAGUE, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press
reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial
markets on Monday.
                                
 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 - Representatives of the cabinet, employers and
labour unions to discuss on savings package to cut the 2010
budget deficit (0700 GMT). 
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 PRAGUE - The Czech cabinet to hold a session. Debate on
savings package to cut the 2010 budget deficit on the schedule.
News conference due at 0930 GMT.
                                
 Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
==========================TOP NEWS============================
                                
 BUDGET TALKS: The Czech Republic's budget gap can fall
substantially next year if political parties back the interim
government's plan but more talks are needed and there is no
consensus at this point, Finance Minister Eduard Janota said on
Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI533570] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-GVD]
                                
 
                                
 CEE MARKETS: The Czech crown led a rebound of central
European currencies on Friday before next week's Czech central
bank meeting where the bank is expected to keep interest rates
on hold.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI118971] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-FRX]
                                
 
                                
 LISBON COMPLAINT: A group of Czech senators plan to lodge a
complaint in the Constitutional Court against the European
Union's Lisbon treaty by Sept. 29, claiming it erodes national
sovereignty, one of the senators said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nLI679427] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-POL]
                                
 
                                
 UNIPETROL SHUTDOWN: Czech downstream oil processor Unipetrol
<UNPEsp.PR> plans a nine-day shutdown at its Litvinov stream
cracker unit starting on Sept 19, due to a technical defect, it
said on Friday.
                                
 Story: [ID:nPRG003635] Related news: [RTRS-LEN-CZ-CHE]
                                
 
==========================PRESS DIGEST========================
                                
 PRODUCTION RISE: ArcelorMittal's Czech unit <ISPA.AS> has
enough orders to raise its production capacity to 60-75 percent,
after falling below 50 percent earlier this year, its chief
executive said.
                                
 E15, page 1
                                
 
                                
 CZECH AUTO SECTOR: The Czech auto sector has let go 11,000
full-time workers and 8,000 agency workers during the economic
crisis. Last year 130,000 people worked in the sector.
                                
 Hospodarske Noviny, page 17
                                
    
                                
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 (Compiled by Jason Hovet)